Where does “落胤” come from?

落胤 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 胤, from Middle Chinese いん.

落胤 (Japanese): illegitimate child, love child

Definitions

  1. illegitimate child, love child

Ancestry of “落胤”, step by step

落胤 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 胤

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese胤paternal blood, offspring
2Middle Chineseいん—

via Japanese 落

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese落—
Every word from Middle Chinese いん →Every word from Japanese 胤 →