Where does “obasan” come from?

obasan (English) comes from Japanese 小母さん, from Japanese さん, from Japanese 様, from Middle Chinese 樣.

obasan (English): A Japanese middle-aged woman

Definitions

  1. A Japanese middle-aged woman

Ancestry of “obasan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese小母さんaunt
2JapaneseさんA title used after person's name regardless of...
3Japanese様way, style, appearance; be like, look like, seem...
4Middle Chinese樣—
Every word from Middle Chinese 樣 →Every word from Japanese 様 →Every word from Japanese さん →