Where does “米式蹴球” come from?

米式蹴球 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 米, from Middle Chinese 米.

Ancestry of “米式蹴球”, step by step

米式蹴球 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 米

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese米rice husked grains of the Asian rice plant, one of the five grains
2Middle Chinese米—

via Japanese 蹴球

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蹴球soccer; football
2Middle Chineseしゅうきゅう—

via Japanese 式

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese式type, style; formula; ceremony, ritual, function
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