Where does “本曲” come from?

本曲 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 曲, from Middle Chinese 曲.

本曲 (Japanese): those pieces of traditional Japanese music...

Definitions

  1. those pieces of traditional Japanese music...

Ancestry of “本曲”, step by step

本曲 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 曲

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese曲a piece of music
2Middle Chinese曲—

via Japanese 本

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese本Alternative form of 元; a book; a script; a...
Every word from Middle Chinese 曲 →Every word from Japanese 曲 →