Where does “大家族” come from?

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

大家族 (Japanese): extended family

Definitions

  1. extended family

Ancestry of “大家族”, step by step

大家族 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 家族

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese家族a family; a household
2Middle Chinese家族—
Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →