Where does “お宅” come from?

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

お宅 (Japanese): your home; you; geek

Definitions

  1. your home; you; geek

Ancestry of “お宅”, step by step

お宅 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 宅

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese宅home; husband
2Middle Chinese宅—

Words derived from “お宅”

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