Where does “天皇陛下万歳” come from?

天皇陛下万歳 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 天皇陛下, from Japanese 天皇, from Old Japanese 天皇, from Old Japanese 君 — emperor; lord, master → sovereign.

天皇陛下万歳 (Japanese): pray for long live His Majesty the Emperor of Japan

Definitions

  1. pray for long live His Majesty the Emperor of Japan

Ancestry of “天皇陛下万歳”, step by step

天皇陛下万歳 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 天皇陛下

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese天皇陛下His Imperial Majesty
2Japanese天皇an Emperor or Empress of Japan; an emperor,...
3Old Japanese天皇a sovereign who governs a region; a term of...
4Old Japanese君emperor; lord, master → sovereign

via Japanese 万歳

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese万歳an extremely long period of time; long life and...
2Middle Chinese萬歲—
3Old Chinese萬歲—
Every word from Old Japanese 君 →Every word from Old Japanese 天皇 →Every word from Japanese 天皇 →