Where does “網点” come from?

網点 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 点, from Middle Chinese 點 — mark, spot; dot, mark.

網点 (Japanese): a halftone dot

Definitions

  1. a halftone dot

Ancestry of “網点”, step by step

網点 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 点

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese点spot, dot; score, grade, mark; point
2Middle Chinese點mark, spot; dot, mark

via Japanese 網

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese網net, netting; network
2Japanese編むknit; braid; weave
Every word from Middle Chinese 點 →Every word from Japanese 点 →