Where does “お世辞” come from?

お世辞 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 御, from Middle Chinese 御.

お世辞 (Japanese): flattery

Definitions

  1. flattery

Ancestry of “お世辞”, step by step

お世辞 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 御

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese御"indicates that the is honorific"; often used to...
2Middle Chinese御—

via Japanese 世辞

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese世辞flattery
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