Where does “河原乞食” come from?

河原乞食 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 河原, from Japanese 原, from Old Japanese 原, from Italian -para.

Ancestry of “河原乞食”, step by step

河原乞食 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 河原

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese河原a dry riverbed, especially of the 鴨川 in Kyoto
2Japanese原meadow, plain, field; the original thing; the...
3Old Japanese原—
4Italian-para—

via Japanese 乞食

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese乞食beggar
Every word from Italian -para →Every word from Old Japanese 原 →Every word from Japanese 原 →