Where does “お腹が空いた” come from?
お腹が空いた (Japanese) comes from Japanese お腹が空く, from Japanese お腹, from Japanese 中, from Japanese 中今, from Japanese 今 — now; just now; soon.
Ancestry of “お腹が空いた”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | お腹が空く | to become hungry |
| 2 | Japanese | お腹 | belly, tummy, stomach, abdomen; a person used as... |
| 3 | Japanese | 中 | middle, medium; average; neither good nor poor;... |
| 4 | Japanese | 中今 | the present, as a privileged moment in eternity |
| 5 | Japanese | 今 | now; just now; soon |