Where does “一世” come from?
一世 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 一, from Japanese 始め, from Japanese 始める — begin; start; initiate; originate.
一世 (Japanese): first generation
Ancestry of “一世”, step by step
一世 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 一
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 一 | one, 1; "term relating to the number one"; unity |
| 2 | Japanese | 始め | beginning, the start of an activity or time... |
| 3 | Japanese | 始める | begin; start; initiate; originate |
via Japanese 世
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 世 | world, society; this world, this life;... |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 世 | — |