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Where does “頁岩” come from?

頁岩 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 岩, from Old Japanese いわ.

頁岩 (Japanese): shale

Definitions

  1. shale

Ancestry of “頁岩”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese岩rock
2Old Japaneseいわ—
Every word from Old Japanese いわ →