Where does “tsunami” come from?

tsunami (Swahili) comes from English tsunami, from Japanese 津波, from Japanese 波, from Middle Chinese 波.

tsunami (Swahili): tsunami very large and destructive wave

Definitions

  1. tsunami very large and destructive wave

Ancestry of “tsunami”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtsunamiA very large and destructive wave, generally...
2Japanese津波a tsunami; a tidal wave; a tidal bore
3Japanesewave
4Middle Chinese
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