Where does “前貼り” come from?

前貼り (Japanese) comes from Japanese 前, from Middle Chinese 前.

前貼り (Japanese): a type of strapless Japanese loincloth used as a...

Definitions

  1. a type of strapless Japanese loincloth used as a...

Ancestry of “前貼り”, step by step

前貼り traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 前

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese前the front; the past; previous
2Middle Chinese前—

via Japanese 貼

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese貼pasted, attached
Every word from Middle Chinese 前 →Every word from Japanese 前 →