Where does “ございます” come from?

ございます (Japanese) comes from Japanese 御座ります, from Japanese ます — expresses politeness toward and distance from the...

ございます (Japanese): the humble form of the copula, ある

Definitions

  1. the humble form of the copula, ある

Ancestry of “ございます”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese御座りますto go; to come; to be in a place
2Japaneseますexpresses politeness toward and distance from the...

Words derived from “ございます”

Every word from Japanese ます →Every word from Japanese 御座ります →