Where does “waribashi” come from?
waribashi (English) comes from Japanese 割り箸, from Japanese 箸, from Japanese 嘴, from Japanese 口, from Japanese くち, from Japanese 朽ちる.
waribashi (English): disposable chopsticks
Ancestry of “waribashi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 割り箸 | "splittable chopsticks"; chopsticks in pairs that... |
| 2 | Japanese | 箸 | a chopstick |
| 3 | Japanese | 嘴 | a beak; a bill |
| 4 | Japanese | 口 | mouth; opening; the mouth |
| 5 | Japanese | くち | — |
| 6 | Japanese | 朽ちる | — |