Where does “灰色” come from?

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

灰色 (Japanese): gray (color), an ashen color

Definitions

  1. gray (color), an ashen color

Ancestry of “灰色”, step by step

灰色 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 色

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese色color
2Middle Chinese色—

via Japanese 灰

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese灰ash
2Middle Chineseかい—

Words derived from “灰色”

Every word from Middle Chinese 色 →Every word from Japanese 色 →