Where does “だって” come from?
だって (Japanese) comes from Japanese だ, from Japanese である, from Japanese で, from Japanese ぜ, from Japanese ぞえ, from Japanese え, from Middle Chinese 衣.
だって (Japanese): binding particle
Definitions
- binding particle
Ancestry of “だって”, step by step
だって traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese だ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | だ | Following parts of speech that do not inflect by... |
| 2 | Japanese | である | To be: the copula, with the same function as だ and its polite form です |
| 3 | Japanese | で | at; with, by, using; indicating the following... |
| 4 | Japanese | ぜ | sentence-ending particle signifying emphasis,... |
| 5 | Japanese | ぞえ | sentence-ending particle signifying emphasis, used to lightly press one's point, with affectionate overtones |
| 6 | Japanese | え | Alternative form of い |
| 7 | Middle Chinese | 衣 | — |
via Japanese とて
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | とて | even; even if, even though; however, whatever,... |