Etymology

burakumin

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Today it means: A member of a Japanese social minority group, descendants of feudal-era outcasts. Full definition →

Japanese 部落民 ← Middle Chinese 部落
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The story

  1. Middle Chinese · derived from部落“tribe”
  2. Japanese · borrowed from部落民
  3. English todayburakumin

Borrowed from Japanese 部落民, from Middle Chinese 部落 (bu^X lak, “tribe”) + 民 (mjin, “people”).

Words from the same roots

Japanese部落民 all →

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