Where does “用途変更” come from?

用途変更 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 用途 — usage, use.

用途変更 (Japanese): to repurpose something

Definitions

  1. to repurpose something

Ancestry of “用途変更”, step by step

用途変更 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 用途

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese用途usage, use

via Japanese 変更

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese変更a change, alteration; to modify, alter, change
Every word from Japanese 用途