Where does “巨人” come from?

巨人 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 人, from Proto-Japonic *pitə — one.

巨人 (Japanese): a giant

Definitions

  1. a giant

Ancestry of “巨人”, step by step

巨人 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 人

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese人a person, human; an individual; mankind, people
2Proto-Japonic*pitəone

via Japanese 巨

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese巨giant
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pitə →Every word from Japanese 人 →