Where does “明日” come from?

明日 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 朝, from Old Japanese 朝, from Proto-Japonic asa — morning.

明日 (Japanese): tomorrow; the near future

Definitions

  1. tomorrow; the near future

Ancestry of “明日”, step by step

明日 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 朝

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese朝the morning; the morning, morn; the morrow, next...
2Old Japanese朝the morning, morn; the morrow, next morning
3Proto-Japonicasamorning

via Chinese 明日

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese明日tomorrow; future

Words derived from “明日”

Every word from Proto-Japonic asa →Every word from Old Japanese 朝 →Every word from Japanese 朝 →