Where does “若者言葉” come from?

若者言葉 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 言葉, from Japanese 言, from Middle Chinese 言.

若者言葉 (Japanese): the language or slang used by the youth (primarily in their teens to twenties)

Definitions

  1. the language or slang used by the youth (primarily in their teens to twenties)

Ancestry of “若者言葉”, step by step

若者言葉 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 言葉

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese言葉a word, a term; language, speech
2Japanese言word; parole
3Middle Chinese言—

via Japanese 若者

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese若者—
Every word from Middle Chinese 言 →Every word from Japanese 言 →Every word from Japanese 言葉 →