Where does “航空機” come from?
航空機 (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,...
航空機 (Japanese): aircraft
Ancestry of “航空機”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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,... |