Where does “akagami” come from?

akagami (Rukai) comes from Japanese 赤紙, from Japanese 紙, from Middle Chinese 紙.

akagami (Rukai): wedding invitation (card)

Definitions

  1. wedding invitation (card)

Ancestry of “akagami”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese赤紙red paper used as a charm or ward against pox (usually smallpox, also the great pox or syphilis), and pasted on the frame of oil lamps or on 仁王}} statues
2Japanese紙paper
3Middle Chinese紙—
Every word from Middle Chinese 紙 →Every word from Japanese 紙 →Every word from Japanese 赤紙 →