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

Definitions

  1. heartlessness

Ancestry of “非情”, step by step

非情 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 情

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese情emotion; feeling
2Middle Chinese情—
Every word from Middle Chinese 凡 →Every word from Japanese 凡 →Every word from Japanese 非 →