Where does “gheișă” come from?

gheișă (Romanian) comes from French geisha, from Japanese 芸者, from Japanese 芸, from Middle Chinese 藝.

gheișă (Romanian): geisha

Definitions

  1. geisha

Ancestry of “gheișă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgeishageisha
2Japanese芸者a geisha; one who is proficient in an art, an...
3Japanese芸art, craft, technique, performance; trick
4Middle Chinese藝—
Every word from Middle Chinese 藝 →Every word from Japanese 芸 →Every word from Japanese 芸者 →