あなた

あなた · anata · JLPT N5 · noun

you

a- (that, far) + nata (direction) = that side over there → you

Etymology: あなた comes from 彼方, meaning that direction over there. Pointing at a place instead of the person was the polite, indirect way to address someone, so the word for yonder became the word for you.

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