Where does “貸し方” come from?

貸し方 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 方, from Middle Chinese 方.

貸し方 (Japanese): a creditor; a lender

Definitions

  1. a creditor; a lender

Ancestry of “貸し方”, step by step

貸し方 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 方

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese方direction, way, side; more so; person
2Middle Chinese方—

via Japanese 貸し

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese貸しlending; loaning
Every word from Middle Chinese 方 →Every word from Japanese 方 →