Where does “大天使” come from?
大天使 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 大, from Japanese 大国主, from Japanese 国, from Old Japanese 国.
大天使 (Japanese): an archangel
Ancestry of “大天使”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 大 | big, large; the large part of; arch- |
| 2 | Japanese | 大国主 | — |
| 3 | Japanese | 国 | a land, a large place; a country in general, a... |
| 4 | Old Japanese | 国 | — |