Where does “犯罪人” come from?

犯罪人 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 人, from Proto-Japonic *pitə — one.

犯罪人 (Japanese): criminal, culprit, offender

Definitions

  1. criminal, culprit, offender

Ancestry of “犯罪人”, step by step

犯罪人 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 人

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese人a person, human; an individual; mankind, people
2Proto-Japonic*pitəone

via Japanese 犯罪

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese犯罪a crime; an act that breaks law
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pitə →Every word from Japanese 人 →