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
- an item of food eaten between meals; to snack
Ancestry of “間食”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 間 | interval; "suffixes some expressions of time to... |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 間 | — |