Where does “異国人” come from?

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

異国人 (Japanese): a person from a foreign country; an alien, a...

Definitions

  1. a person from a foreign country; an alien, a...

Ancestry of “異国人”, step by step

異国人 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 異国

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese異国A foreign country; a foreign land; a country...
2Old Japanese異—

Words derived from “異国人”

Every word from Proto-Japonic *pitə →Every word from Japanese 人 →
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