Where does “壁紙” come from?

壁紙 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 紙, from Middle Chinese 紙.

壁紙 (Japanese): wallpaper decorative paper for walls

Definitions

  1. wallpaper decorative paper for walls

Ancestry of “壁紙”, step by step

壁紙 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesepaper
2Middle Chinese

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesewall; barrier
Every word from Middle Chinese
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