Where does “只中” come from?

只中 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 中, from Japanese 中今, from Japanese 今 — now; just now; soon.

只中 (Japanese): (the very) middle, center

Definitions

  1. (the very) middle, center

Ancestry of “只中”, step by step

只中 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 中

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese中middle, medium; average; neither good nor poor;...
2Japanese中今the present, as a privileged moment in eternity
3Japanese今now; just now; soon

via Japanese 只

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese只for free
Every word from Japanese 今 →Every word from Japanese 中 →Every word from Japanese 中今 →