Where does “眼鏡” come from?

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

眼鏡 (Japanese): glasses, eyeglasses

Definitions

  1. glasses, eyeglasses

Ancestry of “眼鏡”, step by step

眼鏡 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 目

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

via Japanese 金

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese金metal; money; firmness, strength
2Middle Chinese金—

via Chinese 眼鏡

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese眼鏡glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles

Words derived from “眼鏡”

Every word from Middle Chinese 目 →Every word from Japanese 目 →