Where does “非情” come from?
非情 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 非, from Japanese 凡, from Middle Chinese 凡 — ordinary.
非情 (Japanese): heartlessness
Ancestry of “非情”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 非 | negative prefix: in-, non-, un- |
| 2 | Japanese | 凡 | mediocre, ordinary; mediocrity; dim, faint |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 凡 | ordinary |