Where does “tycoon” come from?
Tycoon comes from Japanese 大君, borrowed into English as shogun, from Japanese 将軍, itself from the title Japanese 征夷大将軍, ultimately derived from Japanese 大将軍.
tycoon (English): A wealthy and powerful business person
Definitions
- A wealthy and powerful business person
Ancestry of “tycoon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 大君 | the emperor, His Majesty; a descendant of the... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | 大 | big, large; large |
| 3 | Proto-Japonic | əpə | big, large; many |
Words derived from “tycoon”