Where does “翼竜” come from?

翼竜 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 翼, from Middle Chinese 翼.

翼竜 (Japanese): a winged dragon

Definitions

  1. a winged dragon

Ancestry of “翼竜”, step by step

翼竜 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 翼

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese翼a wing; a bird; an airfoil, wing
2Middle Chinese翼—

via Japanese 竜

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese竜a Chinese dragon
2Middle Chinese龍—
Every word from Middle Chinese 翼 →Every word from Japanese 翼 →