Where does “自由奔放” come from?

自由奔放 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 自由, from Middle Chinese 自由.

自由奔放 (Japanese): doing as one pleases

Definitions

  1. doing as one pleases

Ancestry of “自由奔放”, step by step

自由奔放 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 自由

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese自由free; flexible; freedom, liberty
2Middle Chinese自由—

via Japanese 奔放

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese奔放wild, bohemian, uninhibited
Every word from Middle Chinese 自由 →Every word from Japanese 自由 →