Where does “異世界” come from?

異世界 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 世界, from Middle Chinese 世界.

異世界 (Japanese): another world

Definitions

  1. another world

Ancestry of “異世界”, step by step

異世界 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 世界

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese世界the world; a metaphorical world; society, the...
2Middle Chinese世界—

via Japanese 異

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese異difference; change or disease, one of the four...
2Japaneseなるto be achieved; to be completed

Words derived from “異世界”

Every word from Middle Chinese 世界 →Every word from Japanese 世界 →