Where does “一雌多雄” come from?

一雌多雄 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 一, from Japanese 始め, from Japanese 始める — begin; start; initiate; originate.

一雌多雄 (Japanese): polyandry

Definitions

  1. polyandry

Ancestry of “一雌多雄”, step by step

一雌多雄 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 一

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese一one, 1; "term relating to the number one"; unity
2Japanese始めbeginning, the start of an activity or time...
3Japanese始めるbegin; start; initiate; originate

via Japanese 雄

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese雄male; something or someone excellent; man, male
2Middle Chinese雄—

via Japanese 雌

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese雌a female; a female person; an internal socket
2Old Japanese女woman
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