Where does “色褪せる” come from?

色褪せる (Japanese) comes from Japanese 色, from Middle Chinese 色.

色褪せる (Japanese): lose color, fade; fade, lose freshness, become...

Definitions

  1. lose color, fade; fade, lose freshness, become...

Ancestry of “色褪せる”, step by step

色褪せる traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesecolor
2Middle Chinese

via Japanese 褪せる

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese褪せるfade, discolor
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