Where does “今” come from?
今 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 中今, from Japanese 中, from Middle Chinese 中.
今 (Japanese): now; just now; soon
Ancestry of “今”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 中今 | the present, as a privileged moment in eternity |
| 2 | Japanese | 中 | middle, medium; average; neither good nor poor;... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 中 | — |