Where does “行取り” come from?

行取り (Japanese) comes from Japanese 取り, from Japanese 取る — to steal; take, pick up; to take.

行取り (Japanese): the distribution of any plural number of lines and leads so that they fit a specific number of ems, for example, 2 or 3 lines within 4 ems

Definitions

  1. the distribution of any plural number of lines and leads so that they fit a specific number of ems, for example, 2 or 3 lines within 4 ems

Ancestry of “行取り”, step by step

行取り traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 取り

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese取りremover; taking, capturing; take
2Japanese取るto steal; take, pick up; to take

via Japanese 行

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese行a line of text; a row of a matrix; Abbreviation...
2Middle Chinese行—
Every word from Japanese 取る →Every word from Japanese 取り →