Where does “腹八分目に医者要らず” come from?

腹八分目に医者要らず (Japanese) comes from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.

腹八分目に医者要らず (Japanese): eat moderately to avoid the doctor

Definitions

  1. eat moderately to avoid the doctor

Ancestry of “腹八分目に医者要らず”, step by step

腹八分目に医者要らず traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 目

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
2Middle Chinese目—

via Japanese に

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseにparticle for indirect objects; to; particle for...
2Old Japaneseに—

via Japanese 医者

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese医者doctor
2Chinese醫者doctor; medical practitioner; one who heals
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