English
Murakami
Murakami comes from Japanese 村上.
- Japanesemodern村上Murakamiliterally ‘upper town, upper part of a town’
- EnglishtodayMurakami
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Japanesemodern村上Murakamiliterally ‘upper town, upper part of a town’
- EnglishtodayMurakami
The story
Borrowed from Japanese 村上 (Murakami, literally “upper town, upper part of a town”).
Every English word from Japanese 村上
Today it means
name A surname from Japanese.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 村上 / Murakami