"由来" means "origin", "derivation", "history"

Kanji in this word

Related words "由"

• 事由 (jiyu)cause, reason
• 由 (yoshi)cause, means, reason, way
• 理由 (riyu)reason
• 由来 (yurai)origin
• 自由 (jiyu)freedom
• 由 (yoshi)significance, purport

Related words "来"

• 以来 (irai)from that time on, since then
• 伝来する (denraisuru)be transmitted
• 元来 (ganrai)essentially, originally
• 再来 (sairai)second coming
• 出来る (dekiru)can, come into being
• 出来事 (dekigoto)affair, happening, incident