Where does “一時” come from?
一時 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 一, from Japanese 始め, from Japanese 始める — begin; start; initiate; originate.
一時 (Japanese): one o'clock; temporarily
Ancestry of “一時”, step by step
一時 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 時
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 時 | time; an event, case, occasion, moment; a... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | 時 | a time, moment (in time), occasion |
| 3 | Old Japanese | しだ | a time, circumstance, occasion |