Where does “見出す” come from?

見出す (Japanese) comes from Japanese 見, from Middle Chinese 見.

見出す (Japanese): to find out

Definitions

  1. to find out

Ancestry of “見出す”, step by step

見出す traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 見

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese見seeing, looking; the look or appearance of...
2Middle Chinese見—

via Japanese 出す

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese出すto take out, to get out; to put forth; to show or...
2Old Japaneseいたす—
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