Where does “綿花” come from?

綿花 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 綿, from Middle Chinese 綿.

綿花 (Japanese): raw cotton, cotton on the bush, a cotton flower;...

Definitions

  1. raw cotton, cotton on the bush, a cotton flower;...

Ancestry of “綿花”, step by step

綿花 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 綿

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese綿cotton; the cotton plant; raw cotton
2Middle Chinese綿—

via Japanese 花

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese花a flower
2Old Japanese花flower
Every word from Middle Chinese 綿 →Every word from Japanese 綿 →