Where does “番付” come from?

番付 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 付け, from Japanese 付ける, from Japanese 付く — attach itself to, stick, stick to, adhere, adhere...

番付 (Japanese): a ranking or ranked list of 力士; a program or...

Definitions

  1. a ranking or ranked list of 力士; a program or...

Ancestry of “番付”, step by step

番付 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 付け

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese付けbill; account, credit; attached, fixed
2Japanese付けるattach, affix, stick, fasten, add, add on,...
3Japanese付くattach itself to, stick, stick to, adhere, adhere...

via Japanese 番

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese番one's turn; -th: forms ordinal numerals

Words derived from “番付”

Every word from Japanese 付く →Every word from Japanese 付ける →Every word from Japanese 付け →