Where does “国際電話” come from?
国際電話 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 電話, from Japanese 電, from Middle Chinese 電.
国際電話 (Japanese): an international phone call, an overseas phone...
Definitions
- an international phone call, an overseas phone...
Ancestry of “国際電話”, step by step
国際電話 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 電話
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 電話 | telephone; telephone call; phone call; call; to... |
| 2 | Japanese | 電 | lightning |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 電 | — |
via Japanese 国際
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 国際 | The quality of being international |