Where does “妃殿下” come from?

妃殿下 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 妃, from Japanese 女, from Middle Chinese 女.

妃殿下 (Japanese): Your Highness/Her Highness the Princess (Consort)

Definitions

  1. Your Highness/Her Highness the Princess (Consort)

Ancestry of “妃殿下”, step by step

妃殿下 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 妃

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese妃A ruler's wife; queen; empress; A noble's wife; a...
2Japanese女a woman; a wife; a mistress, concubine
3Middle Chinese女—

via Japanese 殿下

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese殿下down the steps to the imperial palaces where the emperor's relatives live, looking up
Every word from Middle Chinese 女 →Every word from Japanese 女 →Every word from Japanese 妃 →