Where does “常に” come from?

常に (Japanese) comes from Old Japanese に.

常に (Japanese): always

Definitions

  1. always

Ancestry of “常に”, step by step

常に traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese に

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japaneseに—

via Old Japanese 常

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese常—
Every word from Old Japanese に →