Where does “割り引く” come from?

割り引く (Japanese) comes from Japanese 割る — break; split; cut; separate.

割り引く (Japanese): to discount (by 10 percent)

Definitions

  1. to discount (by 10 percent)

Ancestry of “割り引く”, step by step

割り引く traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 割る

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese割るbreak; split; cut; separate

via Japanese 引く

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese引くto pull (something toward oneself)

Words derived from “割り引く”

Every word from Japanese 割る →