Where does “浮浪者” come from?

浮浪者 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 者, from Middle Chinese 者.

浮浪者 (Japanese): one who wanders without a residence or a job; one...

Definitions

  1. one who wanders without a residence or a job; one...

Ancestry of “浮浪者”, step by step

浮浪者 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 者

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese者person; someone of that type, someone who does...
2Middle Chinese者—

via Japanese 浮浪

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese浮浪fleeing ones lands to escape taxation; also, such...
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