Where does “tategyoji” come from?
tategyoji (English) comes from Japanese 立行司, from Japanese 立て, from Japanese 立てる, from Old Japanese 立つ, from Proto-Japonic tatu.
tategyoji (English): Either of the two highest-ranked gyoji who...
Definitions
- Either of the two highest-ranked gyoji who...
Ancestry of “tategyoji”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 立行司 | one of the two head "gyoji" overseeing the... |
| 2 | Japanese | 立て | main, head, central; just; especially |
| 3 | Japanese | 立てる | to stand, to place in an upright position; to... |
| 4 | Old Japanese | 立つ | to rise, stand |
| 5 | Proto-Japonic | tatu | — |