Where does “皆さま” come from?

皆さま (Japanese) comes from Japanese 様, from Middle Chinese 樣.

皆さま (Japanese): everybody, everyone

Definitions

  1. everybody, everyone

Ancestry of “皆さま”, step by step

皆さま traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 様

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese様way, style, appearance; be like, look like, seem...
2Middle Chinese樣—

via Japanese 皆

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese皆everybody, everyone
2Middle Chineseかい—
Every word from Middle Chinese 樣 →Every word from Japanese 様 →