Where does “異邦人” come from?

異邦人 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 人, from Proto-Japonic *pitə — one.

異邦人 (Japanese): foreigner, alien; non-Jews; gentiles

Definitions

  1. foreigner, alien; non-Jews; gentiles

Ancestry of “異邦人”, step by step

異邦人 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 異邦

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese異邦a foreign country
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pitə →Every word from Japanese 人 →
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