Where does “透写紙” come from?

透写紙 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 紙, from Middle Chinese 紙.

Ancestry of “透写紙”, step by step

透写紙 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesepaper
2Middle Chinese

via Japanese 透写

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese透写
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