Where does “踏切” come from?

踏切 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 切り, from Japanese 切る, from Japanese 裏切り, from Japanese 裏 — back; behind; other side; inside; reverse side of...

踏切 (Japanese): railroad crossing

Definitions

  1. railroad crossing

Ancestry of “踏切”, step by step

踏切 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 切り

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese切りlimits, bounds, end; cutter; way of cutting
2Japanese切るto cut, to slice, to carve; cut down, fell, chop...
3Japanese裏切りtreachery, betrayal
4Japanese裏back; behind; other side; inside; reverse side of...

via Japanese 踏み

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese踏み—
Every word from Japanese 裏 →Every word from Japanese 切る →Every word from Japanese 裏切り →