Where does “彩る” come from?

彩る (Japanese) comes from Japanese 色, from Middle Chinese 色.

彩る (Japanese): to colour, stain; to decorate

Definitions

  1. to colour, stain; to decorate

Ancestry of “彩る”, step by step

彩る traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 色

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese色color
2Middle Chinese色—

via Japanese 取る

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese取るto steal; take, pick up; to take
Every word from Middle Chinese 色 →Every word from Japanese 色 →