Where does “ronin” come from?
ronin (Portuguese) comes from Japanese 浪人, from Middle Chinese 浪人.
ronin (Portuguese): ronin
Ancestry of “ronin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 浪人 | a masterless samurai; a vagrant, a vagabond, a... |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 浪人 | — |