Where does “お腹” come from?

お腹 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 中, from Japanese 中今, from Japanese 今 — now; just now; soon.

お腹 (Japanese): belly, tummy, stomach, abdomen; a person used as...

Definitions

  1. belly, tummy, stomach, abdomen; a person used as...

Ancestry of “お腹”, step by step

お腹 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 中

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese中middle, medium; average; neither good nor poor;...
2Japanese中今the present, as a privileged moment in eternity
3Japanese今now; just now; soon

via Japanese 御

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese御"indicates that the is honorific"; often used to...
2Middle Chinese御—

via Japanese 腹

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese腹belly

Words derived from “お腹”

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