Where does “運動靴” come from?

運動靴 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 靴 — footwear, footgear: a shoe, shoes.

運動靴 (Japanese): sneakers, trainers, athletic shoes

Definitions

  1. sneakers, trainers, athletic shoes

Ancestry of “運動靴”, step by step

運動靴 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesefootwear, footgear: a shoe, shoes

via Japanese 運動

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese運動athletics, exercise; movement, drive, campaign;...
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