Where does “お辞儀” come from?

お辞儀 (Japanese) comes from Japanese お- — honorific prefix; polite prefix.

お辞儀 (Japanese): bow, gesture made by bending at the waist

Definitions

  1. bow, gesture made by bending at the waist

Ancestry of “お辞儀”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseお-honorific prefix; polite prefix
Every word from Japanese お-
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