Etymograph

English

Fukuyama

Fukuyama comes from Japanese 福山.

  1. Japanesemodern福山ふくやま, Fukuyamaliterally ‘blessing mountain’
  2. EnglishtodayFukuyama

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Japanesemodern福山ふくやま, Fukuyamaliterally ‘blessing mountain’
  2. EnglishtodayFukuyama

The story

Borrowed from Japanese 福山 (ふくやま, Fukuyama, literally “blessing mountain”).

Today it means

name A surname from Japanese.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Japanese 福山 / Fukuyama