Where does “文相” come from?

文相 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 相, from Old Japanese さが.

Ancestry of “文相”, step by step

文相 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 相

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese相nature, personality; fate, destiny; a habit,...
2Old Japaneseさが—

via Japanese 文部省

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese文部省—
Every word from Old Japanese さが →Every word from Japanese 相 →