Where does “青目” come from?
青目 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.
青目 (Japanese): blue eyes; Westerner
Ancestry of “青目”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |