Where does “旧世界” come from?
旧世界 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 旧, from Japanese 人, from Proto-Japonic *pitə — one.
旧世界 (Japanese): the Old World
Ancestry of “旧世界”, step by step
旧世界 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 旧
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 旧 | old things, original state, former state, old... |
| 2 | Japanese | 人 | a person, human; an individual; mankind, people |
| 3 | Proto-Japonic | *pitə | one |
via Japanese 世界
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 世界 | the world; a metaphorical world; society, the... |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 世界 | — |