Where does “all right” come from?

all right (Chinese) comes from Japanese オーライ, from English all right — Good; in acceptable, if not excellent condition;...

all right (Chinese): Used in the point and call system to declare a lack of problems

Definitions

  1. Used in the point and call system to declare a lack of problems

Ancestry of “all right”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseオーライall right, okay
2Englishall rightGood; in acceptable, if not excellent condition;...
Every word from English all right