Where does “異人” come from?

異人 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 異国人, from Japanese 人, from Proto-Japonic *pitə — one.

異人 (Japanese): foreigner, different person

Definitions

  1. foreigner, different person

Ancestry of “異人”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese異国人a person from a foreign country; an alien, a...
2Japanese人a person, human; an individual; mankind, people
3Proto-Japonic*pitəone
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pitə →Every word from Japanese 人 →Every word from Japanese 異国人 →