Where does “形容詞” come from?

形容詞 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 詞, from Japanese 自動詞, from Japanese 自動 — automatic movement, automatic functioning;...

形容詞 (Japanese): a word that modifies or describes a noun or...

Definitions

  1. a word that modifies or describes a noun or...

Ancestry of “形容詞”, step by step

形容詞 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 詞

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese詞word; word; part of speech
2Japanese自動詞intransitive verb
3Japanese自動automatic movement, automatic functioning;...

via Japanese 形容

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

Words derived from “形容詞”

Every word from Japanese 自動 →Every word from Japanese 詞 →Every word from Japanese 自動詞 →