English
Mitsubishi
Mitsubishi comes from Japanese 三菱.
- Japanesemodern三菱Mitsubishi
- Englishearliest quotation 2003Mitsubishi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Japanesemodern三菱Mitsubishi
- Englishearliest quotation 2003Mitsubishi
Earliest quotation: 2003, A. Robert Hill, Stars of the Southern Cross: “Lanphier gazed upward. A few thousand feet above them…”
Every English word from Japanese 三菱
Today it means
noun A car manufactured by the Mitsubishi company (originally of Japan, but now with branches abroad).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 三菱 / Mitsubishi