Where does “猫額” come from?

猫額 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 額, from Middle Chinese 額.

猫額 (Japanese): cat's forehead, smallness as that of a cat's...

Definitions

  1. cat's forehead, smallness as that of a cat's...

Ancestry of “猫額”, step by step

猫額 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 額

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese額framed picture; sum, amount
2Middle Chinese額—

via Japanese 猫

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese猫a cat
2Old Japaneseねこ—
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