Where does “貴様” come from?

貴様 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 様, from Middle Chinese 樣.

貴様 (Japanese): you, you SOB, you motherfucker

Definitions

  1. you, you SOB, you motherfucker

Ancestry of “貴様”, step by step

貴様 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 様

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese様way, style, appearance; be like, look like, seem...
2Middle Chinese樣—

via Japanese 貴

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese貴added to nouns related to people to indicate...
2Chinese貴—
Every word from Middle Chinese 樣 →Every word from Japanese 様 →