Where does “電柱” come from?

電柱 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 電, from Middle Chinese 電.

電柱 (Japanese): telephone pole; telegraph post; utility pole

Definitions

  1. telephone pole; telegraph post; utility pole

Ancestry of “電柱”, step by step

電柱 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 電

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese電lightning
2Middle Chinese電—

via Japanese 柱

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese柱pillar
Every word from Middle Chinese 電 →Every word from Japanese 電 →