Where does “最下” come from?

最下 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 下, from Middle Chinese 下.

最下 (Japanese): the lowest, the bottom

Definitions

  1. the lowest, the bottom

Ancestry of “最下”, step by step

最下 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 下

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese下the below; the lower portion, end; low in degree...
2Middle Chinese下—

via Japanese 最

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese最most, greatest
2Proto-Indo-Europeansai-—
Every word from Middle Chinese 下 →Every word from Japanese 下 →