Where does “昼ご飯” come from?

昼ご飯 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 御飯, from Japanese 飯, from Japanese 召す — call, summon; eat; wear.

昼ご飯 (Japanese): lunch

Definitions

  1. lunch

Ancestry of “昼ご飯”, step by step

昼ご飯 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 御飯

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese御飯cooked rice; a meal of any sort
2Japanese飯cooked grains, "especially" cooked rice; a meal
3Japanese召すcall, summon; eat; wear

via Japanese 昼

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese昼the daytime
Every word from Japanese 召す →Every word from Japanese 飯 →Every word from Japanese 御飯 →