The story
- Chinese · calque of春節 /春节
- English todaySpring Festival
The Chinese New Year sense is a calque of Chinese 春節 /春节 (Chūnjié), the usual modern name for the holiday. By surface analysis, and when not referring to the Chinese holiday, a proprialization of spring + festival.
Words from the same roots
Chinese春節 all →
Chunjie
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.