Where does “sakura” come from?

sakura (Portuguese) comes from Japanese 桜, from Old Japanese 桜.

sakura (Portuguese): cherry blossom, sakura blossom of the Japanese cherry tree

Definitions

  1. cherry blossom, sakura blossom of the Japanese cherry tree

Ancestry of “sakura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese桜a cherry tree, "more specifically" the Japanese...
2Old Japanese桜—
Every word from Old Japanese 桜 →Every word from Japanese 桜 →
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