Where does “別腹” come from?

別腹 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 腹 — belly.

別腹 (Japanese): “separate stomach”: appetite or ability to...

Definitions

  1. “separate stomach”: appetite or ability to...

Ancestry of “別腹”, step by step

別腹 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesebelly

via Middle Chinese 別腹

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese別腹

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesedifferent, separate, another; not particularly;...
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