Where does “果物” come from?
果物 (Japanese) comes from Japanese だ, from Japanese である, from Japanese で, from Japanese ぜ, from Japanese ぞえ, from Japanese え, from Middle Chinese 衣.
果物 (Japanese): edible fruit that grows on trees or shrubs, such...
Definitions
- edible fruit that grows on trees or shrubs, such...
Ancestry of “果物”, step by step
果物 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese だ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | だ | Following parts of speech that do not inflect by... |
| 2 | Japanese | である | To be: the copula, with the same function as だ and its polite form です |
| 3 | Japanese | で | at; with, by, using; indicating the following... |
| 4 | Japanese | ぜ | sentence-ending particle signifying emphasis,... |
| 5 | Japanese | ぞえ | sentence-ending particle signifying emphasis, used to lightly press one's point, with affectionate overtones |
| 6 | Japanese | え | Alternative form of い |
| 7 | Middle Chinese | 衣 | — |