Where does “japon” come from?

japon (Romanian) comes from French japon, from Portuguese Japão, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本, from Middle Chinese 日本 — Land of the Rising Sun.

japon (Romanian): japanware

Definitions

  1. japanware

Ancestry of “japon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchjaponjapanware; Japanese porcelain
2PortugueseJapãoJapanese
3MalayJepangJapanese
4Hokkien日本Japan; Japanese; Japan
5Middle Chinese日本Land of the Rising Sun
Every word from Middle Chinese 日本 →Every word from Hokkien 日本 →Every word from Malay Jepang →
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