Where does “デブる” come from?

デブる (Japanese) comes from Japanese る, from Japanese いる, from Old Japanese いる.

デブる (Japanese): To become chubby or overweight

Definitions

  1. To become chubby or overweight

Ancestry of “デブる”, step by step

デブる traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese る

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseるA general method to form verbs (as a godan katsuyō verb). Much less productive than する
2Japaneseいるto exist, to be
3Old Japaneseいる—

via Japanese デブ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseデブfat, chubby; fatty; fatso
Every word from Old Japanese いる →Every word from Japanese いる →Every word from Japanese る →