Where does “4コマ” come from?
4コマ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 4コマ漫画, from Japanese 漫画, from Japanese 画, from Middle Chinese 畫 — drawing.
4コマ (Japanese): Clipping of 4コマ漫画
Ancestry of “4コマ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 4コマ漫画 | a four-frame comic strip |
| 2 | Japanese | 漫画 | a drawing or painting made as one pleases without... |
| 3 | Japanese | 画 | picture, drawing, painting; movie, film, video;... |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 畫 | drawing |