Where does “等” come from?
等 (Japanese) comes from Japanese なんど, from Japanese 何と, from Japanese 何 — What?, Huh?; what; that thing.
等 (Japanese): et cetera; rank, class, order; et cetera, that...
Definitions
- et cetera; rank, class, order; et cetera, that...
Ancestry of “等”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | なんど | 何度 the number of times, how often; 等 et cetera;... |
| 2 | Japanese | 何と | etc., and so forth, and such like |
| 3 | Japanese | 何 | What?, Huh?; what; that thing |