Where does “皆さん” come from?

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

皆さん (Japanese): everybody, everyone

Definitions

  1. everybody, everyone

Ancestry of “皆さん”, step by step

皆さん traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese さん

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseさんA title used after person's name regardless of...
2Japanese様way, style, appearance; be like, look like, seem...
3Middle 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 →Every word from Japanese さん →