Where does “お前” come from?

お前 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 御, from Middle Chinese 御.

お前 (Japanese): you

Definitions

  1. you

Ancestry of “お前”, step by step

お前 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 前

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese前the front; the past; previous
2Middle Chinese前—

Words derived from “お前”

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