noun
word type by origin; lexical stratum
Linguistic term for classifying Japanese vocabulary by origin: native Japanese (和語), Sino-Japanese (漢語), Western loanwords (外来語), and mixed types (混種語).
日本語の語種には、和語、漢語、外来語、混種語がある。
Japanese word types by origin include native Japanese words, Sino-Japanese words, Western loanwords, and hybrid words.
外来語 is the Western loanword category within 語種.
Compound of 語 (word, language) and 種 (kind, type). A modern linguistic term.