Where does “tenki” come from?

tenki (Tsou) comes from Japanese 電気, from Chinese 電氣 — electricity; electrical power.

tenki (Tsou): electricity

Definitions

  1. electricity

Ancestry of “tenki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese電気electricity; electric light
2Chinese電氣electricity; electrical power
Every word from Chinese 電氣Every word from Japanese 電気