Where does “間欠泉” come from?

間欠泉 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 泉, from Japanese 和泉 — Izumi, an old province of Japan.

間欠泉 (Japanese): a geyser

Definitions

  1. a geyser

Ancestry of “間欠泉”, step by step

間欠泉 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 泉

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese泉natural spring, a wellspring
2Japanese和泉Izumi, an old province of Japan

via Japanese 間欠

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese間欠intermittent
Every word from Japanese 和泉 →Every word from Japanese 泉 →