Where does “お任せ” come from?

お任せ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 御, from Middle Chinese 御.

お任せ (Japanese): leaving something to someone else, "especially"...

Definitions

  1. leaving something to someone else, "especially"...

Ancestry of “お任せ”, step by step

お任せ 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 任せ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese任せimperfective of 任せる; continuative of 任せる
2Japanese任せるentrust something to someone else, defer...

Words derived from “お任せ”

Every word from Middle Chinese 御 →Every word from Japanese 御 →
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