Where does “origami” come from?

origami (Welsh) comes from English origami, from Japanese 折り紙, from Japanese 紙, from Middle Chinese 紙.

origami (Welsh): origami Japanese art of paper folding

Definitions

  1. origami Japanese art of paper folding

Ancestry of “origami”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishorigamiThe Japanese art of paper folding; A piece of art...
2Japanese折り紙origami
3Japanese紙paper
4Middle Chinese紙—
Every word from Middle Chinese 紙 →Every word from Japanese 紙 →Every word from Japanese 折り紙 →