Where does “katakana” come from?
katakana (Polish) comes from English katakana, from Japanese 片%仮%名.
katakana (Polish): katakana
Ancestry of “katakana”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | katakana | A Japanese syllabary used when writing words... |
| 2 | Japanese | 片%仮%名 | — |