Where does “被疑者” come from?

被疑者 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 被, from Japanese 被う — to cover.

被疑者 (Japanese): suspect

Definitions

  1. suspect

Ancestry of “被疑者”, step by step

被疑者 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 被

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese被-ed, -ee; a covering; the act of covering...
2Japanese被うto cover

via Japanese 者

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese者person; someone of that type, someone who does...
2Middle Chinese者—
Every word from Japanese 被う →Every word from Japanese 被 →