Where does “大人” come from?

大人 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 大人, from Middle Chinese 大人.

大人 (Chinese): adult; grown-up; person of high rank; Your...

Definitions

  1. adult; grown-up; person of high rank; Your...

Ancestry of “大人”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese大人an adult, a grown-up; a leader; a lord, a...
2Middle Chinese大人
Every word from Middle Chinese 大人Every word from Japanese 大人
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