Where does “kabuki” come from?

kabuki (Portuguese) comes from Japanese 歌舞伎, from Japanese 傾く, from Japanese 頭, from Japanese ど- — super-.

kabuki (Portuguese): kabuki form of Japanese theatre

Definitions

  1. kabuki form of Japanese theatre

Ancestry of “kabuki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese歌舞伎a bizarrely-dressed person; "kabuki": traditional...
2Japanese傾くto tilt, lean, incline; to favor; to wane
3Japanese頭head; the fontanelle part of the skull; the head...
4Japaneseど-super-
Every word from Japanese ど- →Every word from Japanese 頭 →Every word from Japanese 傾く →