Where does “終電車” come from?

終電車 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 電車, from Japanese 電, from Middle Chinese 電.

終電車 (Japanese): the last train of the day

Definitions

  1. the last train of the day

Ancestry of “終電車”, step by step

終電車 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 電車

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese電車an electric multiple unit train
2Japanese電lightning
3Middle Chinese電—

via Japanese 終

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese終end, conclusion; end-of-life, death
2Mandarinshū—
Every word from Middle Chinese 電 →Every word from Japanese 電 →Every word from Japanese 電車 →
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