Where does “詞” come from?

詞 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 自動詞, from Japanese 自動 — automatic movement, automatic functioning;...

詞 (Japanese): word; word; part of speech

Definitions

  1. word; word; part of speech

Ancestry of “詞”, step by step

詞 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 自動詞

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese自動詞intransitive verb
2Japanese自動automatic movement, automatic functioning;...

via Middle Chinese 詞

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese詞—

Words derived from “詞”

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