Where does “中折れ帽子” come from?

中折れ帽子 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 中折れ, from Japanese 中, from Japanese 中今, from Japanese 今 — now; just now; soon.

中折れ帽子 (Japanese): a fedora

Definitions

  1. a fedora

Ancestry of “中折れ帽子”, step by step

中折れ帽子 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 中折れ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese中折れ—
2Japanese中middle, medium; average; neither good nor poor;...
3Japanese中今the present, as a privileged moment in eternity
4Japanese今now; just now; soon

via Japanese 帽子

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese帽子hat, cap
Every word from Japanese 今 →Every word from Japanese 中 →Every word from Japanese 中今 →