Etymograph

English

japonaiserie

Japonaiserie comes from French japonaiserie ‘Japonism, a style in art, or an artistic object’, from japonais ‘the Japanese language’, and ultimately from Hokkien 日本.

  1. Hokkienmodern日本Ji̍t-pún
  2. MalaymodernJepang‘Japanese’
  3. Portuguesec. 1500–presentJapão
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentJapon‘Japan’
  5. French, derivedc. 1600–presentjaponais‘the Japanese language’
  6. French, derivedc. 1600–presentjaponaiserie‘Japonism, a style in art, or an artistic object’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Hokkienmodern日本Ji̍t-pún
  2. MalaymodernJepang‘Japanese’
  3. Portuguesec. 1500–presentJapão
  4. Frenchc. 1600–presentJapon‘Japan’
  5. French, derivedc. 1600–presentjaponais‘the Japanese language’
  6. French, derivedc. 1600–presentjaponaiserie‘Japonism, a style in art, or an artistic object’
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Hokkien 日本

Today it means

noun Art objects made in the Japanese style.

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

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