Where does “なんて” come from?

なんて (Japanese) comes from Japanese 等, from Japanese なんど, from Japanese 何と, from Japanese 何 — What?, Huh?; what; that thing.

なんて (Japanese): emphasizes disgust, contempt, or otherwise...

Definitions

  1. emphasizes disgust, contempt, or otherwise...

Ancestry of “なんて”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese等et cetera; rank, class, order; et cetera, that...
2Japaneseなんど何度 the number of times, how often; 等 et cetera;...
3Japanese何とetc., and so forth, and such like
4Japanese何What?, Huh?; what; that thing

Words derived from “なんて”

Every word from Japanese 何 →Every word from Japanese 何と →Every word from Japanese なんど →