Where does “自動販売機” come from?
自動販売機 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 機, from Japanese こうべうち, from Japanese 打ち, from Japanese 打つ, from Japanese うつ — 打つ hit, strike, beat; 討つ defeat, kill; 撃つ shoot,...
自動販売機 (Japanese): a vending machine
Definitions
- a vending machine
Ancestry of “自動販売機”, step by step
自動販売機 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 機
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 機 | a machine, a device; a contraption; a loom; an... |
| 2 | Japanese | こうべうち | — |
| 3 | Japanese | 打ち | adds emphasis to verbs |
| 4 | Japanese | 打つ | to hit, to beat, to strike; to hit; to type |
| 5 | Japanese | うつ | 打つ hit, strike, beat; 討つ defeat, kill; 撃つ shoot,... |
via Japanese 自動
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 自動 | automatic movement, automatic functioning;... |
| 2 | Japanese | 自動詞 | intransitive verb |
| 3 | Japanese | 詞 | word; word; part of speech |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 詞 | — |
via Japanese 販売
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 販売 | sale, selling |