Where does “秒読み” come from?
秒読み (Japanese) comes from Japanese 読み, from Japanese 読む — to read; to count; to infer; to speculate.
Ancestry of “秒読み”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 読み | reading; speculation |
| 2 | Japanese | 読む | to read; to count; to infer; to speculate |