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Where does “嘲笑う” come from?

嘲笑う (Japanese) comes from Japanese 笑う, from Japanese 割る — break; split; cut; separate.

嘲笑う (Japanese): to laugh at, to sneer at, to deride, to mock, to...

Definitions

  1. to laugh at, to sneer at, to deride, to mock, to...

Ancestry of “嘲笑う”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese笑うto spontaneously express joy or amusement by...
2Japanese割るbreak; split; cut; separate
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