Where does “自己満足” come from?

自己満足 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 自己 — self; oneself.

自己満足 (Japanese): self-satisfaction, self-complacent

Definitions

  1. self-satisfaction, self-complacent

Ancestry of “自己満足”, step by step

自己満足 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 自己

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese自己self; oneself

via Japanese 満足

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese満足happy, satisfying, sufficient, competent
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