Where does “忙しい” come from?
忙しい (Japanese) comes from Japanese 急ぐ, from Old Japanese いそぐ.
忙しい (Japanese): busy; restless, fidgety; busy, hurried
Definitions
- busy; restless, fidgety; busy, hurried
Ancestry of “忙しい”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 急ぐ | to hurry up; to hasten; to rush, in order to get... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | いそぐ | — |