Where does “黄色” come from?

黄色 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 色, from Middle Chinese 色.

黄色 (Japanese): yellow

Definitions

  1. yellow

Ancestry of “黄色”, step by step

黄色 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 色

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese色color
2Middle Chinese色—

via Japanese 黄

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese黄yellow
2Middle Chinese黃—

via Middle Chinese 黄色

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese黄色—

Words derived from “黄色”

Every word from Middle Chinese 色 →Every word from Japanese 色 →