Where does “現代っ子” come from?

現代っ子 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 現代, from Japanese 代, from Middle Chinese 代.

現代っ子 (Japanese): a young person born in the modern era; "kids these days"

Definitions

  1. a young person born in the modern era; "kids these days"

Ancestry of “現代っ子”, step by step

現代っ子 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 現代

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese現代the present day, modern times, nowadays,...
2Japanese代substitution; price, cost, charge; shiro, a unit...
3Middle Chinese代—

via Japanese っ子

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseっ子—
Every word from Middle Chinese 代 →Every word from Japanese 代 →Every word from Japanese 現代 →