Where does “Hashimoto” come from?

Hashimoto is a Japanese surname written with characters 橋本, literally meaning "bridge" (橋) and "origin" or "base" (本).

Ancestry of “Hashimoto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese橋本base of a bridge
2Japanese本Alternative form of 元; a book; a script; a...
Every word from Japanese 本 →Every word from Japanese 橋本 →