Where does “行き違い” come from?

行き違い (Japanese) comes from Japanese 違い, from Japanese 違う, from Japanese 交う — together, past each other.

行き違い (Japanese): crossing but not meeting

Definitions

  1. crossing but not meeting

Ancestry of “行き違い”, step by step

行き違い traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 違い

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese違いdifference; difference, discrepancy; being...
2Japanese違うto be different; to differ (from something)
3Japanese交うtogether, past each other

via Japanese 行き

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese行きgoing
2Japaneseいきづまるto be breathtaking
Every word from Japanese 交う →Every word from Japanese 違う →Every word from Japanese 違い →