Where does “綿棒” come from?

綿棒 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 棒, from Middle Chinese 棒 — staff, club.

綿棒 (Japanese): a cotton swab

Definitions

  1. a cotton swab

Ancestry of “綿棒”, step by step

綿棒 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 棒

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese棒a staff, measuring 6 尺 (about 1.8 meters), used in martial arts such as 棒術
2Middle Chinese棒staff, club

via Japanese 綿

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese綿cotton; the cotton plant; raw cotton
2Middle Chinese綿—
Every word from Middle Chinese 棒 →Every word from Japanese 棒 →