Where does “とおめ” come from?

とおめ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.

とおめ (Japanese): Farsightedness

Definitions

  1. Farsightedness

Ancestry of “とおめ”, step by step

とおめ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 目

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
2Middle Chinese目—

via Japanese 遠

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese遠distant, far-off; a distant place; a time far...
2Middle Chinese遠—
Every word from Middle Chinese 目 →Every word from Japanese 目 →