Where does “海兵” come from?

海兵 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 兵, from Middle Chinese へい, from Middle Chinese 兵.

海兵 (Japanese): a marine

Definitions

  1. a marine

Ancestry of “海兵”, step by step

海兵 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 兵

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese兵a soldier; a war machine; a weapon; a battle, a...
2Middle Chineseへい—
3Middle Chinese兵—

via Japanese 海

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese海a sea, an ocean; a lake; an object covering over...
2Old Japaneseうな—
Every word from Middle Chinese 兵 →Every word from Middle Chinese へい →Every word from Japanese 兵 →
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