The instructions are inside the name: fold + paper.
Japanese origami combines ori, fold, with kami, paper. The English borrowing keeps a compact description of the craft inside its name.
origami
The art of folding paper into shapes.
The instructions are in the name
How origami reached English
oldest first- ori‘fold’
- kami‘paper’
combined
Japanese
origami
‘Paper folding’
into English
English
origami
‘Paper folding’
The story of origami
Related
The separate component kami appears as gami within the compound.