Where does “順番” come from?

順番 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 順 — order, sequence, turn; order, sequence.

順番 (Japanese): order, turn

Definitions

  1. order, turn

Ancestry of “順番”, step by step

順番 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 順

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese順order, sequence, turn; order, sequence

via Japanese 番

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese番one's turn; -th: forms ordinal numerals
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