Where does “人目” come from?

人目 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.

人目 (Japanese): an attention, observation, public notice

Definitions

  1. an attention, observation, public notice

Ancestry of “人目”, step by step

人目 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 目

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
2Middle Chinese目—

via Japanese 人

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

Words derived from “人目”

Every word from Middle Chinese 目 →Every word from Japanese 目 →