Where does “機関車” come from?

機関車 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 車, from Middle Chinese 車 — cart, vehicle.

機関車 (Japanese): locomotive

Definitions

  1. locomotive

Ancestry of “機関車”, step by step

機関車 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 車

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

via Japanese 機関

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese機関engine, machine

Words derived from “機関車”

Every word from Middle Chinese 車 →Every word from Japanese 車 →