Where does “新星” come from?

新星 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 新, from Middle Chinese 新.

新星 (Japanese): a nova

Definitions

  1. a nova

Ancestry of “新星”, step by step

新星 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 新

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese新a novelty
2Middle Chinese新—

via Japanese 星

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese星a star; the Star; a celestial body

Words derived from “新星”

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