Where does “いっぱい” come from?
いっぱい (Japanese) comes from Japanese はい, from Japanese は, from Old Japanese は.
いっぱい (Japanese): 一杯 one cup full; one drink; 一杯 full; 一杯 a lot
Definitions
- 一杯 one cup full; one drink; 一杯 full; 一杯 a lot
Ancestry of “いっぱい”, step by step
いっぱい traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese はい
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | はい | yes; okay; understood, got it; yes; here;... |
| 2 | Japanese | は | what about, where is; Inserted between two verbs... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | は | — |
via Japanese いち
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | いち | 市 a market, a marketplace; 市 a place where a lot... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | 市 | — |
Words derived from “いっぱい”