Where does “каратист” come from?

каратист (Russian) comes from Russian карате, from Japanese 唐手, from Japanese 空手, from Japanese 空, from Middle Chinese 空.

каратист (Russian): karateka

Definitions

  1. karateka

Ancestry of “каратист”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкаратеkarate; prepositional singular of кара́т
2Japanese唐手Alternative spelling of 空手
3Japanese空手karate; the state of being empty-handed; the...
4Japanese空the sky; something empty; ineffectual
5Middle Chinese空—
Every word from Middle Chinese 空 →Every word from Japanese 空 →Every word from Japanese 唐手 →