Where does “Japón” come from?

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

Japón (Spanish): Japan

Definitions

  1. Japan

Ancestry of “Japón”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseJapãoJapanese
2MalayJepangJapanese
3Hokkien日本Japan; Japanese; Japan
4Middle Chinese日本Land of the Rising Sun

Words derived from “Japón”

Every word from Middle Chinese 日本 →Every word from Hokkien 日本 →Every word from Malay Jepang →