Where does “艶書” come from?

艶書 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 艶, from Japanese 貴, from Chinese 貴.

艶書 (Japanese): love letter

Definitions

  1. love letter

Ancestry of “艶書”, step by step

艶書 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 艶

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese艶gloss, lustre (UK)/luster (US)
2Japanese貴added to nouns related to people to indicate...
3Chinese貴—

via Japanese 書

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese書document; letter
2Middle Chinese書—
Every word from Chinese 貴 →Every word from Japanese 貴 →Every word from Japanese 艶 →