Where does “ばかりか” come from?
ばかりか (Japanese) comes from Japanese ばかり, from Japanese 計り, from Japanese 計る — to weigh, to measure, to estimate; to conjecture,...
ばかりか (Japanese): not only
Ancestry of “ばかりか”, step by step
ばかりか traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese ばかり
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ばかり | just; full of; only, always |
| 2 | Japanese | 計り | measurement; weight, size, etc |
| 3 | Japanese | 計る | to weigh, to measure, to estimate; to conjecture,... |
via Japanese か
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | か | final interrogative particle, similar to a... |
| 2 | Japanese | いつか | sometime, at some point |