Where does “夫妻” come from?

夫妻 (Chinese) comes from Chinese 夫, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan pʷa — male, father, third-person pronoun.

夫妻 (Chinese): husband and wife; married couple

Definitions

  1. husband and wife; married couple

Ancestry of “夫妻”, step by step

夫妻 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 夫

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese夫—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanpʷamale, father, third-person pronoun

via Chinese 妻

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese妻—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan pʷa →Every word from Chinese 夫 →
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