Where does “電車” come from?

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

電車 (Japanese): an electric multiple unit train

Definitions

  1. an electric multiple unit train

Ancestry of “電車”, step by step

電車 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 電

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese電lightning
2Middle Chinese電—

via Japanese 車

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese車a car, an automobile, a carriage, a cart; a...
2Middle Chinese車cart, vehicle

Words derived from “電車”

Every word from Middle Chinese 電 →Every word from Japanese 電 →