Where does “Bakumatsu” come from?
Bakumatsu (English) comes from Japanese 幕末, from Japanese 末, from Old Japanese 末.
Ancestry of “Bakumatsu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 幕末 | the final years of the Edo era |
| 2 | Japanese | 末 | the last; the end; last child, youngest child;... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | 末 | — |