Where does “股旅” come from?

股旅 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 旅, from Middle Chinese 旅.

股旅 (Japanese): the wandering life of a gambler

Definitions

  1. the wandering life of a gambler

Ancestry of “股旅”, step by step

股旅 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 旅

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese旅in ancient China, a military unit of 500...
2Middle Chinese旅—

via Japanese 股

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese股crotch, the space between the thighs
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