Where does “開頭” come from?

開頭 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 頭, from Japanese ど- — super-.

開頭 (Japanese): craniotomy: the opening of the skull for surgery;...

Definitions

  1. craniotomy: the opening of the skull for surgery;...

Ancestry of “開頭”, step by step

開頭 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 頭

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese頭head; the fontanelle part of the skull; the head...
2Japaneseど-super-

via Japanese 開

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese開open
2Middle Chinese開—
Every word from Japanese ど- →Every word from Japanese 頭 →