Where does “麻布” come from?

麻布 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 麻, from Old Japanese 麻 — hemp or ramie plant.

麻布 (Japanese): cloth woven of hemp or ramie, similar to linen;...

Definitions

  1. cloth woven of hemp or ramie, similar to linen;...

Ancestry of “麻布”, step by step

麻布 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 麻

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese麻hemp; flax; linen
2Old Japanese麻hemp or ramie plant

via Middle Chinese 麻布

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese麻布—
Every word from Old Japanese 麻 →Every word from Japanese 麻 →