Where does “hara-kiri” come from?

hara-kiri (French) comes from Japanese 腹切り, from Japanese 切る, from Japanese 裏切り, from Japanese 裏 — back; behind; other side; inside; reverse side of...

hara-kiri (French): hara-kiri

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  1. hara-kiri

Ancestry of “hara-kiri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese腹切りhara-kiri, self-disembowelment
2Japanese切るto cut, to slice, to carve; cut down, fell, chop...
3Japanese裏切りtreachery, betrayal
4Japanese裏back; behind; other side; inside; reverse side of...
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