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Where does “週末” come from?

週末 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 末, from Old Japanese 末.

週末 (Japanese): weekend

Definitions

  1. weekend

Ancestry of “週末”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese末the last; the end; last child, youngest child;...
2Old Japanese末—
Every word from Old Japanese 末 →