Where does “桃色” come from?

桃色 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 色, from Middle Chinese 色.

桃色 (Japanese): pink; peach

Definitions

  1. pink; peach

Ancestry of “桃色”, step by step

桃色 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 色

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese色color
2Middle Chinese色—

via Japanese 桃

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese桃peach; peach tree
Every word from Middle Chinese 色 →Every word from Japanese 色 →
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