Where does “大主教” come from?

大主教 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.

大主教 (Japanese): archbishop

Definitions

  1. archbishop

Ancestry of “大主教”, step by step

大主教 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 大

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese大big, large; the large part of; arch-
2Old Japanese大big, large; large
3Proto-Japonicəpəbig, large; many

via Japanese 主教

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese主教bishop
Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →
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