Where does “katakana” come from?

katakana (Polish) comes from English katakana, from Japanese 片%仮%名.

katakana (Polish): katakana

Definitions

  1. katakana

Ancestry of “katakana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkatakanaA Japanese syllabary used when writing words...
2Japanese片%仮%名—
Every word from Japanese 片%仮%名 →Every word from English katakana →
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