Where does “手順” come from?

手順 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 手, from Middle Chinese 手.

手順 (Japanese): procedure, program, process

Definitions

  1. procedure, program, process

Ancestry of “手順”, step by step

手順 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesea hand; a handle, grip; a paw, foreleg
2Middle Chinese

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseorder, sequence, turn; order, sequence
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