English
Ryukyu
Ryukyu comes from Japanese 琉球.
- Japanesemodern琉球Ryūkyū
- Englishearliest quotation 1888Ryukyu
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Japanesemodern琉球Ryūkyū
- Englishearliest quotation 1888Ryukyu
Earliest quotation: 1888, H. T. Stainton, Nepticula Serella, N. SP.: “White Butterflies in Japan.[...]Shortly after this I left Yokohama…”
Every English word from Japanese 琉球
Today it means
name A chain of islands in Japan roughly between Kyushu and Taiwan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 琉球 / Ryukyu