Where does “新婚旅行” come from?
新婚旅行 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 旅行, from Middle Chinese 旅行.
新婚旅行 (Japanese): a honeymoon
Definitions
- a honeymoon
Ancestry of “新婚旅行”, step by step
新婚旅行 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 旅行
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 旅行 | travel, a trip, a journey, a voyage, a tour; to... |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 旅行 | — |
via Japanese 新婚
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 新婚 | being newly married |