Where does “maque” come from?

maque (Spanish) comes from Japanese 蒔絵, from Japanese 絵, from Middle Chinese 繪.

maque (Spanish): lacquer

Definitions

  1. lacquer

Ancestry of “maque”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蒔絵"maki-e": decorative lacquerware produced by...
2Japanese絵picture, painting; drawing, sketch
3Middle Chinese繪—
Every word from Middle Chinese 繪 →Every word from Japanese 絵 →Every word from Japanese 蒔絵 →