Where does “千客万来” come from?

千客万来 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 千, from Middle Chinese 千, from Old Chinese 千.

千客万来 (Japanese): endless arrival of customers

Definitions

  1. endless arrival of customers

Ancestry of “千客万来”, step by step

千客万来 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 千

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese千a thousand, 1000
2Middle Chinese千—
3Old Chinese千—

via Chinese 万

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese万—
2Chinese萬10,000
3Proto-Sino-Tibetans-maŋ—

via Japanese 来

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese来next, coming; since, in; to approach one's...
2Middle Chinese來—
Every word from Old Chinese 千 →Every word from Middle Chinese 千 →Every word from Japanese 千 →