Where does “大人” come from?

大人 (Japanese) comes from Middle Chinese 大人.

大人 (Japanese): an adult, a grown-up; a leader; a lord, a...

Definitions

  1. an adult, a grown-up; a leader; a lord, a...

Ancestry of “大人”, step by step

大人 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Chinese 大人

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese大人—

via Old Japanese 大人

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese大人—

Words derived from “大人”

Every word from Middle Chinese 大人 →