Where does “身分不相応” come from?

身分不相応 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 不相応, from Japanese 不, from Middle Chinese 不.

身分不相応 (Japanese): beyond one's means or position; inappropriate to one's lot in life

Definitions

  1. beyond one's means or position; inappropriate to one's lot in life

Ancestry of “身分不相応”, step by step

身分不相応 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 不相応

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese不相応inappropriateness, unsuitability, unfitness
2Japanese不un-, non-, in-; bad, poor
3Middle Chinese不—

via Japanese 身分

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese身分social position or status
Every word from Middle Chinese 不 →Every word from Japanese 不 →Every word from Japanese 不相応 →