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

  1. A wealthy and powerful business person

Ancestry of “tycoon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese大君the emperor, His Majesty; a descendant of the...
2Old Japanesebig, large; large
3Proto-Japonicəpəbig, large; many

Words derived from “tycoon

Every word from Proto-Japonic əpəEvery word from Old Japanese Every word from Japanese 大君