Where does “seiyu” come from?

seiyu (Spanish) comes from Japanese 声優, from Japanese 声, from Middle Chinese 聲 — sound, voice.

seiyu (Spanish): voice actor (in Japanese)

Definitions

  1. voice actor (in Japanese)

Ancestry of “seiyu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese声優voice actor; voice actress
2Japanese声voice; voice, speech; tone
3Middle Chinese聲sound, voice
Every word from Middle Chinese 聲 →Every word from Japanese 声 →Every word from Japanese 声優 →