Where does “着替える” come from?

着替える (Japanese) comes from Japanese 着, from Japanese 着る — put on or wear on the upper body or the entire...

着替える (Japanese): to change clothes

Definitions

  1. to change clothes

Ancestry of “着替える”, step by step

着替える traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 着

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese着arrival at a location; the wearing of clothing; a...
2Japanese着るput on or wear on the upper body or the entire...

via Japanese 替える

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese替えるsubstitute, replace
2Japaneseかふ—
Every word from Japanese 着る →Every word from Japanese 着 →