Where does “小アジア” come from?

小アジア (Japanese) comes from Japanese アジア, from Chinese 亞細亞, from Latin Āsia, from Ancient Greek Ἀσία, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊, from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 — northwest Anatolia.

小アジア (Japanese): Asia Minor

Definitions

Asia Minor

Ancestry of “小アジア”, step by step

小アジア traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese アジア

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Japanese	アジア	Asia
2	Chinese	亞細亞	—
3	Latin	Āsia	A kind of rye
4	Ancient Greek	Ἀσία	Asia Minor; Asia; Asia
5	Mycenaean Greek	𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊	an ethnonym for a Lydian; an epithet of the...
6	Hittite	𒀸𒋗𒉿	northwest Anatolia

via Japanese 小

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Japanese	小	smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;...
2	Old Japanese	ささ	—

Every word from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 →Every word from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊 →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἀσία →