Where does “目白” come from?

目白 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.

目白 (Japanese): the Japanese white-eye, Zosterops japonicus; a...

Definitions

  1. the Japanese white-eye, Zosterops japonicus; a...

Ancestry of “目白”, step by step

目白 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 目

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
2Middle Chinese目—

via Japanese 白

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese白the color white; innocence; a white go stone
2Middle Chinese白—

Words derived from “目白”

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