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

  1. 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 新

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese新a novelty
2Middle Chinese新—

via Japanese 型

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese型choreographed training exercises

Words derived from “新型”

Every word from Middle Chinese 新 →Every word from Japanese 新 →