Where does “語彙” come from?

語彙 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 語, from Chinese 語.

語彙 (Japanese): vocabulary

Definitions

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Ancestry of “語彙”, step by step

語彙 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 彙

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese彙Alternative spelling of 針鼠; collection
2Middle Chineseい—

Words derived from “語彙”

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