Where does “付けを払う” come from?

付けを払う (Japanese) comes from Japanese 付け, from Japanese 付ける, from Japanese 付く — attach itself to, stick, stick to, adhere, adhere...

付けを払う (Japanese): pay a bill

Definitions

  1. pay a bill

Ancestry of “付けを払う”, step by step

付けを払う traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 付け

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese付けbill; account, credit; attached, fixed
2Japanese付けるattach, affix, stick, fasten, add, add on,...
3Japanese付くattach itself to, stick, stick to, adhere, adhere...

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseA case particle; A conjunctive particle, usually...
2Proto-Japonicwoaccusative marker; away from, off

via Japanese 払う

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese払うto drive away, to get rid of; to give away, to...
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