Where does “錫箔” come from?

錫箔 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 箔, from Middle Chinese 箔.

錫箔 (Japanese): tinfoil

Definitions

  1. tinfoil

Ancestry of “錫箔”, step by step

錫箔 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 箔

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese箔foil, leaf
2Middle Chinese箔—

via Japanese 錫

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese錫tin, Sn; Short for 錫杖
Every word from Middle Chinese 箔 →Every word from Japanese 箔 →