Where does “機体” come from?

機体 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 機, from Japanese こうべうち, from Japanese 打ち, from Japanese 打つ, from Japanese うつ — 打つ hit, strike, beat; 討つ defeat, kill; 撃つ shoot,...

機体 (Japanese): fuselage; airframe

Definitions

fuselage; airframe

Ancestry of “機体”, step by step

機体 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 機

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Japanese	機	a machine, a device; a contraption; a loom; an...
2	Japanese	こうべうち	—
3	Japanese	打ち	adds emphasis to verbs
4	Japanese	打つ	to hit, to beat, to strike; to hit; to type
5	Japanese	うつ	打つ hit, strike, beat; 討つ defeat, kill; 撃つ shoot,...

via Japanese 体

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Japanese	体	In general: the body, e.g. of a human or animal;...
2	Middle Chinese	體	—

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