Where does “daimyo” come from?

Daimyo comes from Japanese 大名, borrowed from Middle Chinese 大名, where 大 means "great" in Middle Chinese.

daimyo (English): A lord during the Japanese feudal period

Definitions

  1. A lord during the Japanese feudal period

Ancestry of “daimyo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese大名one who owns much land; a warrior who possessed...
2Middle Chinese大名excellent one
3Middle Chinese大great

Words derived from “daimyo”

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