Where does “seppuku” come from?

seppuku (Dutch) comes from Japanese 切腹, from Japanese 切 — cut, sever; cutting; to cut.

seppuku (Dutch): seppuku

Definitions

  1. seppuku

Ancestry of “seppuku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese切腹seppuku; to commit seppuku
2Japanese切cut, sever; cutting; to cut
Every word from Japanese 切 →Every word from Japanese 切腹 →
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