Where does “空港” come from?

空港 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 空, from Middle Chinese 空.

空港 (Japanese): airport

Definitions

  1. airport

Ancestry of “空港”, step by step

空港 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 空

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese空the sky; something empty; ineffectual
2Middle Chinese空—

via Japanese 港

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese港port

Words derived from “空港”

Every word from Middle Chinese 空 →Every word from Japanese 空 →