Where does “無花果果” come from?

無花果果 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 果, from Middle Chinese 果 — fruit.

無花果果 (Japanese): syconium

Definitions

  1. syconium

Ancestry of “無花果果”, step by step

無花果果 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 果

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese果fruit; phala, attained state, result;...
2Middle Chinese果fruit

via Japanese 無花果

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese無花果fig tree
2Middle Chinese無花果—
Every word from Middle Chinese 果 →Every word from Japanese 果 →