Where does “米国” come from?

米国 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 国, from Old Japanese 国.

米国 (Japanese): United States of America

Definitions

  1. United States of America

Ancestry of “米国”, step by step

米国 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesea land, a large place; a country in general, a...
2Old Japanese

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneserice husked grains of the Asian rice plant, one of the five grains
2Middle Chinese

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesea land, a country

Words derived from “米国

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