Where does “非マフラム” come from?

非マフラム (Japanese) comes from Japanese 非, from Japanese 凡, from Middle Chinese 凡 — ordinary.

Ancestry of “非マフラム”, step by step

非マフラム traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 非

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese非negative prefix: in-, non-, un-
2Japanese凡mediocre, ordinary; mediocrity; dim, faint
3Middle Chinese凡ordinary

via Japanese マフラム

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseマフラム—
2Arabicمَحْرَم—
Every word from Middle Chinese 凡 →Every word from Japanese 凡 →Every word from Japanese 非 →