Where does “箔を付ける” come from?

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

箔を付ける (Japanese): to give some dignity, to give some weight

Definitions

  1. to give some dignity, to give some weight

Ancestry of “箔を付ける”, step by step

箔を付ける traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 付ける

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese付けるattach, affix, stick, fasten, add, add on,...
2Japanese付くattach itself to, stick, stick to, adhere, adhere...

via Japanese 箔

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese箔foil, leaf
2Middle Chinese箔—

via Japanese を

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseをA case particle; A conjunctive particle, usually...
2Proto-Japonicwoaccusative marker; away from, off
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