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Where does “歯医者” come from?

歯医者 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 歯, from Middle Chinese 齒.

歯医者 (Japanese): dentist

Definitions

  1. dentist

Ancestry of “歯医者”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese歯tooth; age
2Middle Chinese齒—
Every word from Middle Chinese 齒 →