Where does “富貴草” come from?

富貴草 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 草, from Middle Chinese 草.

富貴草 (Japanese): carpet box, Pachysandra terminalis

Definitions

  1. carpet box, Pachysandra terminalis

Ancestry of “富貴草”, step by step

富貴草 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 草

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese草grass; a weed; a herb
2Middle Chinese草—

via Japanese 富貴

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese富貴wealth and rank; riches and honors
2Middle Chinese富貴—
Every word from Middle Chinese 草 →Every word from Japanese 草 →