Where does “shogún” come from?

shogún (Spanish) comes from Japanese 将軍, from Japanese 征夷大将軍, from Japanese 大将軍 — a commander in chief, "especially"; the head of a...

shogún (Spanish): shogun

Definitions

  1. shogun

Ancestry of “shogún”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese将軍a commander of troops, "especially" of an...
2Japanese征夷大将軍a commander of an expeditionary force sent to...
3Japanese大将軍a commander in chief, "especially"; the head of a...
Every word from Japanese 大将軍 →Every word from Japanese 征夷大将軍 →Every word from Japanese 将軍 →