Where does “人目に現わる” come from?

人目に現わる (Japanese) comes from Japanese 人目, from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.

人目に現わる (Japanese): to be noticeable; to attract notice; to be eye-catching

Definitions

  1. to be noticeable; to attract notice; to be eye-catching

Ancestry of “人目に現わる”, step by step

人目に現わる traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 人目

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese人目an attention, observation, public notice
2Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
3Middle Chinese目—

via Japanese に

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseにparticle for indirect objects; to; particle for...
2Old Japaneseに—

via Japanese 現わる

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese現わる—
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