Where does “大企業” come from?

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

大企業 (Japanese): large company, conglomerate

Definitions

  1. large company, conglomerate

Ancestry of “大企業”, step by step

大企業 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 企業

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese企業enterprise; undertaking; corporation
Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →