Where does “正解” come from?

正解 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 正, from Japanese 正し — accurate, authentic, correct.

正解 (Japanese): correct answer

Definitions

  1. correct answer

Ancestry of “正解”, step by step

正解 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 正

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese正A number of ten-duodecillion in modern Japanese...
2Japanese正しaccurate, authentic, correct

via Japanese 解

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese解explanation; interpretation; solution; answer;...
2Middle Chinese解—
Every word from Japanese 正し →Every word from Japanese 正 →