Where does “永禄” come from?

永禄 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 永, from Middle Chinese えい, from Middle Chinese 映.

永禄 (Japanese): the Eiroku era, 1558-1570

Definitions

  1. the Eiroku era, 1558-1570

Ancestry of “永禄”, step by step

永禄 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 永

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese永Abbreviation of 永楽銭
2Middle Chineseえい—
3Middle Chinese映—

via Japanese 禄

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese禄fortuitous
Every word from Middle Chinese 映 →Every word from Middle Chinese えい →Every word from Japanese 永 →