Where does “頑張って” come from?
頑張って (Japanese) comes from Japanese 頑張る, from Japanese 眼張る, from Japanese 我に張る, from Japanese 我, from Old Japanese 我, from Old Japanese れ.
Ancestry of “頑張って”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 頑張る | to work hard and do one's best to achieve a goal;... |
| 2 | Japanese | 眼張る | to keep watch on something, to stare at something |
| 3 | Japanese | 我に張る | — |
| 4 | Japanese | 我 | first person singular pronoun: I, me, oneself;... |
| 5 | Old Japanese | 我 | first-person personal pronoun: I, me;... |
| 6 | Old Japanese | れ | — |