Where does “新車” come from?

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

新車 (Japanese): a new car

Definitions

  1. a new car

Ancestry of “新車”, step by step

新車 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 新

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese新a novelty
2Middle Chinese新—

via Japanese 車

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese車a car, an automobile, a carriage, a cart; a...
2Middle Chinese車cart, vehicle
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