Where does “代名詞” come from?

代名詞 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 代, from Middle Chinese 代.

代名詞 (Japanese): pronoun; synonym

Definitions

  1. pronoun; synonym

Ancestry of “代名詞”, step by step

代名詞 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 代

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese代substitution; price, cost, charge; shiro, a unit...
2Middle Chinese代—

via Japanese 名詞

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese名詞noun
Every word from Middle Chinese 代 →Every word from Japanese 代 →