Where does “不祥事” come from?

不祥事 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 事, from Middle Chinese 事.

不祥事 (Japanese): a scandal

Definitions

  1. a scandal

Ancestry of “不祥事”, step by step

不祥事 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 事

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese事thing, fact, event; thing; stuff; abstract thing
2Middle Chinese事—

via Japanese 不祥

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese不祥unlucky, ominous
Every word from Middle Chinese 事 →Every word from Japanese 事 →