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Where does “も” come from?

も (Japanese) comes from Old Japanese も, from Proto-Japonic mə, from Arabic مَن — who?; who.

も (Japanese): Used to form the conjectural form of verbs,...

Definitions

  1. Used to form the conjectural form of verbs,...

Ancestry of “も”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japaneseも—
2Proto-Japonicmə—
3Arabicمَنwho?; who

Words derived from “も”

  • どうも
  • どうもありがとう
  • でも
  • いつも
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