Etymology

Japon

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New Latin Iapō̆nia ← French Japon ← Cantonese 日本
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The story

  1. Cantonese · borrowed from日本
  2. French · borrowed fromJapon
  3. New Latin · borrowed fromIapō̆nia
  4. English todayJapon

Possibly from New Latin Iapō̆nia or French Japon or Cantonese 日本 (jat⁶ bun²).

Words from the same roots

Cantonese日本 all →

japan

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.