Where does “人目に余る” come from?
人目に余る (Japanese) comes from Japanese 人目, from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.
人目に余る (Japanese): to be too prominent, pretentious
Definitions
- to be too prominent, pretentious
Ancestry of “人目に余る”, step by step
人目に余る traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 人目
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 人目 | an attention, observation, public notice |
| 2 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |
via Japanese に
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | に | particle for indirect objects; to; particle for... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | に | — |
via Japanese 余る
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 余る | be left over |