Where does “飾り付ける” come from?

飾り付ける (Japanese) comes from Japanese 付ける, from Japanese 付く — attach itself to, stick, stick to, adhere, adhere...

飾り付ける (Japanese): decorate

Definitions

  1. decorate

Ancestry of “飾り付ける”, step by step

飾り付ける traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 付ける

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese付けるattach, affix, stick, fasten, add, add on,...
2Japanese付くattach itself to, stick, stick to, adhere, adhere...

via Japanese 飾り

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese飾りdecoration
Every word from Japanese 付くEvery word from Japanese 付ける