Where does “新型” come from?
新型 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 新, from Middle Chinese 新.
新型 (Japanese): new style, new model, novel type
Definitions
- new style, new model, novel type
Ancestry of “新型”, step by step
新型 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 型
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 型 | choreographed training exercises |