Where does “黄金時代” come from?
黄金時代 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 黄金, from Chinese 黃金, from Old Japanese 金 — metal.
黄金時代 (Japanese): the Golden Age
Definitions
- the Golden Age
Ancestry of “黄金時代”, step by step
黄金時代 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 黄金
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 黄金 | the metal gold; the color gold; money, more... |
| 2 | Chinese | 黃金 | gold; money; poop |
| 3 | Old Japanese | 金 | metal |
via Japanese 時代
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 時代 | age, era, period; the times, spirit of the age;... |