Where does “豈図らんや” come from?
豈図らんや (Japanese) comes from Japanese や, from Japanese じゃ, from Japanese である, from Japanese で, from Japanese ぜ, from Japanese ぞえ, from Japanese え, from Middle Chinese 衣.
Ancestry of “豈図らんや”, step by step
豈図らんや traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese や
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | や | and/or; is, are; Alternative form of いや |
| 2 | Japanese | じゃ | so, then—used for connecting to a reasonable... |
| 3 | Japanese | である | To be: the copula, with the same function as だ and its polite form です |
| 4 | Japanese | で | at; with, by, using; indicating the following... |
| 5 | Japanese | ぜ | sentence-ending particle signifying emphasis,... |
| 6 | Japanese | ぞえ | sentence-ending particle signifying emphasis, used to lightly press one's point, with affectionate overtones |
| 7 | Japanese | え | Alternative form of い |
| 8 | Middle Chinese | 衣 | — |