Where does “大好き” come from?

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

大好き (Japanese): loved; lovable; very liked; very likable

Definitions

  1. loved; lovable; very liked; very likable

Ancestry of “大好き”, step by step

大好き 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 好き

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese好きliked, favorite; fondness, favor, favour
2Japanese好くto be fond of
Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →