Where does “お昼” come from?

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

お昼 (Japanese): daytime, the daylight hours; midday, noon; the...

Definitions

  1. daytime, the daylight hours; midday, noon; the...

Ancestry of “お昼”, step by step

お昼 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 昼

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese昼the daytime
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