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 手

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese手a hand; a handle, grip; a paw, foreleg
2Middle Chinese手—

via Japanese 順

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese順order, sequence, turn; order, sequence
Every word from Middle Chinese 手 →Every word from Japanese 手 →