Where does “真ん丸” come from?
真ん丸 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 丸, from Middle Chinese 丸.
真ん丸 (Japanese): perfect circle
Definitions
- perfect circle
Ancestry of “真ん丸”, step by step
真ん丸 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 丸
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 丸 | "any round object"; money; enclosure inside a... |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 丸 | — |
via Japanese 真ん
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 真ん | prefixes nouns, adjectives or adjectival nouns beginning with m or n, for intensification; really; truly; totally; completely |