Where does “未来” come from?

未来 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 来る, from Japanese 来, from Middle Chinese 來.

未来 (Japanese): the future; the future, one of the three...

Definitions

  1. the future; the future, one of the three...

Ancestry of “未来”, step by step

未来 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 来る

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese来るTo come; To come, to arrive
2Japanese来next, coming; since, in; to approach one's...
3Middle Chinese來—

via Japanese 未

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese未un-; in-
2Japanese羊a sheep

via Middle Chinese 未來

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese未來—
2Sanskritअनागतfuture; not come; future

Words derived from “未来”

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