Where does “共同通訊社” come from?
共同通訊社 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 共同通信社, from Japanese 通信社, from Japanese 社, from Middle Chinese 社 — god of earth; ceremony for offering to the god of...
Ancestry of “共同通訊社”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 共同通信社 | Kyodo News |
| 2 | Japanese | 通信社 | a news agency |
| 3 | Japanese | 社 | Short for 会社 : company, co |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 社 | god of earth; ceremony for offering to the god of... |