Where does “人目に立つ” come from?

人目に立つ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 人目, from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.

人目に立つ (Japanese): to be conspicuous; to attract public attention

Definitions

  1. to be conspicuous; to attract public attention

Ancestry of “人目に立つ”, step by step

人目に立つ 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 立つ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese立つto stand, to stand up, to rise; to depart; to...
2Proto-Japonictatu—

via Japanese に

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