Where does “旧石器時代” come from?
旧石器時代 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 旧, from Japanese 人, from Proto-Japonic *pitə — one.
旧石器時代 (Japanese): the Paleolithic
Ancestry of “旧石器時代”, step by step
旧石器時代 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 石器時代
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 石器時代 | Stone Age |
| 2 | Japanese | 時代 | age, era, period; the times, spirit of the age;... |