Where does “pillow word” come from?

pillow word (English) comes from Japanese 枕詞, from Japanese 詞, from Japanese 自動詞, from Japanese 自動 — automatic movement, automatic functioning;...

pillow word (English): In Japanese "waka" poetry, a poetic device where...

Definitions

  1. In Japanese "waka" poetry, a poetic device where...

Ancestry of “pillow word”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese枕詞a pillow word, an epithet, specifically a poetic...
2Japanese詞word; word; part of speech
3Japanese自動詞intransitive verb
4Japanese自動automatic movement, automatic functioning;...
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