Where does “小説” come from?
小説 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 小, from Old Japanese ささ.
小説 (Japanese): novel, story, fiction
Ancestry of “小説”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 小 | smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | ささ | — |