Where does “縁起でもない” come from?
縁起でもない (Japanese) comes from Japanese でも, from Japanese で, from Japanese ぜ, from Japanese ぞえ, from Japanese え, from Middle Chinese 衣.
縁起でもない (Japanese): unlucky, ill-omened
Definitions
- unlucky, ill-omened
Ancestry of “縁起でもない”, step by step
縁起でもない traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese でも
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | でも | even; also in; but, however |
| 2 | Japanese | で | at; with, by, using; indicating the following... |
| 3 | Japanese | ぜ | sentence-ending particle signifying emphasis,... |
| 4 | Japanese | ぞえ | sentence-ending particle signifying emphasis, used to lightly press one's point, with affectionate overtones |
| 5 | Japanese | え | Alternative form of い |
| 6 | Middle Chinese | 衣 | — |
via Japanese ない
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ない | having that quality, having that state; very much... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | ない | — |
via Japanese 縁起
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 縁起 | an omen; a cause of something, an origin, a... |