Where does “始め” come from?

始め (Japanese) comes from Japanese 始める — begin; start; initiate; originate.

始め (Japanese): beginning, the start of an activity or time...

Definitions

  1. beginning, the start of an activity or time...

Ancestry of “始め”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese始めるbegin; start; initiate; originate

Words derived from “始め

Every word from Japanese 始める
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