Where does “仕切る” come from?

仕切る (Japanese) comes from Japanese 切る, from Japanese 裏切り, from Japanese 裏 — back; behind; other side; inside; reverse side of...

仕切る (Japanese): partition, divide, mark off; settle accounts; toe...

Definitions

  1. partition, divide, mark off; settle accounts; toe...

Ancestry of “仕切る”, step by step

仕切る traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 切る

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese切るto cut, to slice, to carve; cut down, fell, chop...
2Japanese裏切りtreachery, betrayal
3Japanese裏back; behind; other side; inside; reverse side of...

via Japanese 仕

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese仕official, civil service
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