Where does “間食” come from?

間食 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 間, from Middle Chinese 間.

間食 (Japanese): an item of food eaten between meals; to snack

Definitions

  1. an item of food eaten between meals; to snack

Ancestry of “間食”, step by step

間食 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 間

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese間interval; "suffixes some expressions of time to...
2Middle Chinese間—

via Japanese 食

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese食food; grain; a meal
2Middle Chinese食—
Every word from Middle Chinese 間 →Every word from Japanese 間 →