Where does “旧制” come from?

旧制 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 旧, from Japanese 人, from Proto-Japonic *pitə — one.

旧制 (Japanese): old system, old style

Definitions

  1. old system, old style

Ancestry of “旧制”, step by step

旧制 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 旧

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese旧old things, original state, former state, old...
2Japanese人a person, human; an individual; mankind, people
3Proto-Japonic*pitəone

via Japanese 制

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese制system
2Middle Chinese制—
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pitə →Every word from Japanese 人 →Every word from Japanese 旧 →