Where does “一番” come from?
一番 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 一, from Japanese 始め, from Japanese 始める — begin; start; initiate; originate.
一番 (Japanese): first, number one; game, round; most, -est, -most
Definitions
- first, number one; game, round; most, -est, -most
Ancestry of “一番”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |