Where does “お風呂” come from?

お風呂 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 風呂, from Japanese 室, from Middle Chinese 室.

お風呂 (Japanese): bath, the equipment used for taking a bath such as a private bathtub or public bathing area

Definitions

  1. bath, the equipment used for taking a bath such as a private bathtub or public bathing area

Ancestry of “お風呂”, step by step

お風呂 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 風呂

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese風呂bath; bathtub
2Japanese室room
3Middle Chinese室—

via Japanese 御

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese御"indicates that the is honorific"; often used to...
2Middle Chinese御—
Every word from Middle Chinese 室 →Every word from Japanese 室 →Every word from Japanese 風呂 →