Where does “旧態” come from?

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

旧態 (Japanese): old state of affairs, business as usual, old school

Definitions

  1. old state of affairs, business as usual, old school

Ancestry of “旧態”, step by step

旧態 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 態

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese態voice - a particular mode of inflecting or...
2Middle Chinese體—
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pitə →Every word from Japanese 人 →Every word from Japanese 旧 →