Where does “不確実性” come from?
不確実性 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 不確実, from Japanese 不, from Middle Chinese 不.
不確実性 (Japanese): uncertainty
Ancestry of “不確実性”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 不確実 | — |
| 2 | Japanese | 不 | un-, non-, in-; bad, poor |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 不 | — |