Where does “借り方” come from?

借り方 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 方, from Middle Chinese 方.

借り方 (Japanese): a debitor; a borrower

Definitions

  1. a debitor; a borrower

Ancestry of “借り方”, step by step

借り方 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 方

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese方direction, way, side; more so; person
2Middle Chinese方—

via Japanese 借り

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese借りborrowing, a debt, a loan; in the Edo period, a...
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