Where does “小父さん” come from?

小父さん (Japanese) comes from Japanese さん, from Japanese 様, from Middle Chinese 樣.

小父さん (Japanese): man; Mister, Uncle

Definitions

  1. man; Mister, Uncle

Ancestry of “小父さん”, step by step

小父さん traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese さん

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseさんA title used after person's name regardless of...
2Japanese様way, style, appearance; be like, look like, seem...
3Middle Chinese樣—

via Japanese 父

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese父father; a father figure; God, the Holy Father
2Old Japanese父one's own father; a term of respect for males
3Proto-Japonictiblood

via Japanese 小

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese小smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;...
2Old Japaneseささ—
Every word from Middle Chinese 樣 →