Where does “形容動詞” come from?

形容動詞 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 形容 — description; appearance, form; to describe.

形容動詞 (Japanese): specific to Japanese grammar, an adjective with...

Definitions

  1. specific to Japanese grammar, an adjective with...

Ancestry of “形容動詞”, step by step

形容動詞 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 形容

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese形容description; appearance, form; to describe

via Japanese 動詞

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese動詞verb
Every word from Japanese 形容