Where does “大帝” come from?

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

大帝 (Japanese): a "great emperor" (used in the titles of some monarchs, and also as a translation of "the Great")

Definitions

  1. a "great emperor" (used in the titles of some monarchs, and also as a translation of "the Great")

Ancestry of “大帝”, step by step

大帝 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 帝

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese帝mikado; emperor
Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →