Where does “心のまま” come from?

心のまま (Japanese) comes from Japanese の, from Old Japanese の, from Middle Chinese 能 — talent, ability.

心のまま (Japanese): as one pleases; following one's heart; at will; to one's heart's content

Definitions

  1. as one pleases; following one's heart; at will; to one's heart's content

Ancestry of “心のまま”, step by step

心のまま traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese の

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseのgenitive case marker; nominative case marker in a...
2Old Japaneseのplain, field
3Middle Chinese能talent, ability

via Japanese 心

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese心mind, heart, spirit, soul; thoughts, ideas;...
2Old Japanese心heart, mind, spirit; emotion, feeling; heart,...
3Proto-Japonic*kəkərəheart

via Japanese 儘

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese儘the same, unchanged state, state as it is
2Translingual随—
Every word from Middle Chinese 能 →Every word from Old Japanese の →Every word from Japanese の →