Where does “有明” come from?

有明 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 有り, from Japanese 有る.

有明 (Japanese): the dawn, especially on the sixteenth day of the lunar month onwards

Definitions

  1. the dawn, especially on the sixteenth day of the lunar month onwards

Ancestry of “有明”, step by step

有明 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 有り

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese有りexistence; handling; OK, acceptable
2Japanese有る—

via Japanese 明け

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese明けdaybreak
Every word from Japanese 有る →Every word from Japanese 有り →