Where does “時制” come from?

時制 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 時, from Old Japanese 時, from Old Japanese しだ — a time, circumstance, occasion.

時制 (Japanese): tense; time measurement system

Definitions

  1. tense; time measurement system

Ancestry of “時制”, step by step

時制 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 時

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese時time; an event, case, occasion, moment; a...
2Old Japanese時a time, moment (in time), occasion
3Old Japaneseしだa time, circumstance, occasion

via Japanese 制

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese制system
2Middle Chinese制—

Words derived from “時制”

Every word from Old Japanese しだ →Every word from Old Japanese 時 →Every word from Japanese 時 →