Where does “旧式” come from?

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

旧式 (Japanese): old-fashioned

Definitions

  1. old-fashioned

Ancestry of “旧式”, step by step

旧式 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 式

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese式type, style; formula; ceremony, ritual, function
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pitə →Every word from Japanese 人 →Every word from Japanese 旧 →