Where does “女郎蜘蛛” come from?

女郎蜘蛛 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 蜘蛛, from Middle Chinese 蜘蛛.

女郎蜘蛛 (Japanese): a jorōgumo

Definitions

  1. a jorōgumo

Ancestry of “女郎蜘蛛”, step by step

女郎蜘蛛 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 蜘蛛

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蜘蛛spider; large spider
2Middle Chinese蜘蛛—

via Japanese 女郎

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese女郎young woman; a prostitute; a whore; a bitch; a...
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