Where does “左揃え” come from?

左揃え (Japanese) comes from Japanese 左, from Japanese 右, from Middle Chinese 右.

左揃え (Japanese): left alignment

Definitions

  1. left alignment

Ancestry of “左揃え”, step by step

左揃え traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 左

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese左left, the side of the left hand; a leftist; the...
2Japanese右right; the above statement, foregoing; the right...
3Middle Chinese右—

via Japanese 揃え

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese揃え—
Every word from Middle Chinese 右 →Every word from Japanese 右 →Every word from Japanese 左 →