Where does “shōnen” come from?

shōnen (Polish) comes from Japanese 少年, from Middle Chinese 少年 — teenaged boy.

shōnen (Polish): shonen

Definitions

  1. shonen

Ancestry of “shōnen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese少年a boy, a young man
2Middle Chinese少年teenaged boy
Every word from Middle Chinese 少年 →Every word from Japanese 少年 →