Where does “斎” come from?

斎 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 時, from Old Japanese 時, from Old Japanese しだ — a time, circumstance, occasion.

斎 (Japanese): meals exchanged between priests and parishioners

Definitions

  1. meals exchanged between priests and parishioners

Ancestry of “斎”, step by step

斎 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 時

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese時time; an event, case, occasion, moment; a...
2Old Japanese時a time, moment (in time), occasion
3Old Japaneseしだa time, circumstance, occasion

via Middle Chinese 齋

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese齋—

Words derived from “斎”

Every word from Old Japanese しだ →Every word from Old Japanese 時 →Every word from Japanese 時 →