Where does “ぼっち” come from?

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

ぼっち (Japanese): loner

Definitions

  1. loner

Ancestry of “ぼっち”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseひとりぼっちloneliness; solitude
2Japanese法師a Buddhist priest or monk, a bonze
3Old Japanese法師—
4Middle Chinese法師—
Every word from Middle Chinese 法師 →Every word from Old Japanese 法師 →Every word from Japanese 法師 →