Where does “表沙汰” come from?

表沙汰 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 沙汰, from Chinese 沙汰 — to do away with; to abolish.

表沙汰 (Japanese): something that has come out into the open: a...

Definitions

  1. something that has come out into the open: a...

Ancestry of “表沙汰”, step by step

表沙汰 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 沙汰

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese沙汰washing away sand to obtain something desirable,...
2Chinese沙汰to do away with; to abolish

via Japanese 表

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese表surface; face (visible side of an object)
2Middle Chinese表—
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