Where does “軽自動車” come from?
軽自動車 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 自動車, from Japanese 自動, from Japanese 自動詞, from Japanese 詞, from Middle Chinese 詞.
Ancestry of “軽自動車”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 自動車 | automobile, car, motorcar |
| 2 | Japanese | 自動 | automatic movement, automatic functioning;... |
| 3 | Japanese | 自動詞 | intransitive verb |
| 4 | Japanese | 詞 | word; word; part of speech |
| 5 | Middle Chinese | 詞 | — |