Where does “大規模” come from?

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

大規模 (Japanese): large-scale

Definitions

  1. large-scale

Ancestry of “大規模”, step by step

大規模 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 規模

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese規模scale, scope, extent, dimension
Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →