Where does “適切” come from?

適切 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 切 — cut, sever; cutting; to cut.

適切 (Japanese): appropriacy, adequacy, propriety

Definitions

  1. appropriacy, adequacy, propriety

Ancestry of “適切”, step by step

適切 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

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1Japanesecut, sever; cutting; to cut

via Japanese

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