Tanım
•generation · for many generations; spanning many generations · longstanding friendship between two families; generations of family friendship
Etimoloji
Jiajie (假借): Variant form of 枼 (the original form of 葉 (OC *leb, “leaf”)) with the tree removed. Shuowen interprets it as 十 triplicated: thirty years make one generation (thirty times twelve months gives 360 months). 世 (OC *hljebs) is derived from iterative devoicing of 葉 (OC *leb, “leaf”) + *-s suffix, meaning successive foliages of a tree > generations. Compare Tibetan ལོ་མ (lo ma, “leaf”),…