Where does “大公” come from?

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

大公 (Japanese): a grand duke

Definitions

  1. a grand duke

Ancestry of “大公”, step by step

大公 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 公

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese公official, governmental; a European sovereign...
2Middle Chinese公—

Words derived from “大公”

Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →