Etymology

Jurōjin

Today it means: The Japanese god of longevity. One of the seven gods of luck. Full definition →

Japanese 寿老人 ← Middle Chinese 壽
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The story

  1. Middle Chinese · derived from壽“longevity”
  2. Japanese · borrowed from寿老人
  3. English todayJurōjin

Borrowed from Japanese 寿老人 (Jurōjin), from Middle Chinese 壽 (dʒjùw, “longevity”) + 老 (láw, “old”) + 人 (nyin, “person”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.