Where does “ますます” come from?

ますます (Japanese) comes from Japanese 増す, from Japanese ます — expresses politeness toward and distance from the...

ますます (Japanese): even more

Definitions

  1. even more

Ancestry of “ますます”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese増すto increase; to rise
2Japaneseますexpresses politeness toward and distance from the...
Every word from Japanese ます →Every word from Japanese 増す →