Where does “幕末” come from?

幕末 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 末, from Old Japanese 末.

幕末 (Japanese): the final years of the Edo era

Definitions

  1. the final years of the Edo era

Ancestry of “幕末”, step by step

幕末 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 末

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese末the last; the end; last child, youngest child;...
2Old Japanese末—

via Japanese 幕

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese幕curtain; act
2Middle Chinese幕—

via Japanese 幕府

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese幕府shogunate

Words derived from “幕末”

Every word from Old Japanese 末 →Every word from Japanese 末 →