Where does “紋白蝶” come from?

紋白蝶 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 紋, from Japanese 家紋, from Middle Chinese かもん.

紋白蝶 (Japanese): small white, Pieris rapae

Definitions

  1. small white, Pieris rapae

Ancestry of “紋白蝶”, step by step

紋白蝶 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 紋

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese紋Synonym of 家紋
2Japanese家紋a crest for a household or family
3Middle Chineseかもん—

via Japanese 白蝶

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese白蝶a pierid
Every word from Middle Chinese かもん →Every word from Japanese 家紋 →Every word from Japanese 紋 →