Where does “ひとりぼっち” come from?

ひとりぼっち (Japanese) comes from Japanese 法師, from Old Japanese 法師, from Middle Chinese 法師.

ひとりぼっち (Japanese): loneliness; solitude

Definitions

  1. loneliness; solitude

Ancestry of “ひとりぼっち”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese法師a Buddhist priest or monk, a bonze
2Old Japanese法師—
3Middle Chinese法師—

Words derived from “ひとりぼっち”

Every word from Middle Chinese 法師 →Every word from Old Japanese 法師 →Every word from Japanese 法師 →