Where does “ご想像にお任せします” come from?

ご想像にお任せします (Japanese) comes from Japanese お, from Middle Chinese 惡.

ご想像にお任せします (Japanese): I'll leave it to your imagination

Definitions

  1. I'll leave it to your imagination

Ancestry of “ご想像にお任せします”, step by step

ご想像にお任せします traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese お

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseお諾 yes, alright, okay; オ a sign used in some...
2Middle Chinese惡—

via Japanese に

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseにparticle for indirect objects; to; particle for...
2Old Japaneseに—

via Japanese ご

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseご語 language; 棊, 棋, 碁 go; 期 a specific time; death
2Japaneseこ此 you; 是 you
Every word from Middle Chinese 惡 →Every word from Japanese お →