Where does “戦闘機” come from?

戦闘機 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 機, from Japanese こうべうち, from Japanese 打ち, from Japanese 打つ, from Japanese うつ — 打つ hit, strike, beat; 討つ defeat, kill; 撃つ shoot,...

戦闘機 (Japanese): a fighter plane

Definitions

a fighter plane

Ancestry of “戦闘機”, step by step

戦闘機 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 機

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Japanese	機	a machine, a device; a contraption; a loom; an...
2	Japanese	こうべうち	—
3	Japanese	打ち	adds emphasis to verbs
4	Japanese	打つ	to hit, to beat, to strike; to hit; to type
5	Japanese	うつ	打つ hit, strike, beat; 討つ defeat, kill; 撃つ shoot,...

via Japanese 戦闘

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Japanese	戦闘	a battle, a fight, combat; to fight, to battle
2	Middle Chinese	戰鬪	—

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