Where does “一個” come from?

一個 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 一, from Japanese 始め, from Japanese 始める — begin; start; initiate; originate.

一個 (Japanese): one; a, an

Definitions

  1. one; a, an

Ancestry of “一個”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese一one, 1; "term relating to the number one"; unity
2Japanese始めbeginning, the start of an activity or time...
3Japanese始めるbegin; start; initiate; originate
Every word from Japanese 始める →Every word from Japanese 始め →Every word from Japanese 一 →