Where does “被修飾語” come from?

被修飾語 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 語, from Chinese 語.

被修飾語 (Japanese): a modified word

Definitions

  1. a modified word

Ancestry of “被修飾語”, step by step

被修飾語 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 語

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese語a word, term; a proverb; language of, -ese, -ish
2Chinese語—

via Japanese 被

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese被-ed, -ee; a covering; the act of covering...
2Japanese被うto cover
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