Where does “付き合う” come from?

付き合う (Japanese) comes from Japanese 付く — attach itself to, stick, stick to, adhere, adhere...

付き合う (Japanese): to go out with, to be dating; to keep company...

Definitions

  1. to go out with, to be dating; to keep company...

Ancestry of “付き合う”, step by step

付き合う traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 付く

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese付くattach itself to, stick, stick to, adhere, adhere...

via Japanese 合う

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese合うto match; to fit; to agree; to be proper;...
Every word from Japanese 付く