Where does “一般人” come from?

一般人 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 人, from Proto-Japonic *pitə — one.

一般人 (Japanese): commoner; ordinary person; reasonable person

Definitions

  1. commoner; ordinary person; reasonable person

Ancestry of “一般人”, step by step

一般人 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 人

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese人a person, human; an individual; mankind, people
2Proto-Japonic*pitəone

via Japanese 一般

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese一般general, common, ordinary; the general, the...
2Middle Chinese一般—
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pitə →Every word from Japanese 人 →