Where does “社會” come from?

社會 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 社会, from Middle Chinese 社會.

社會 (Chinese): society; community

Definitions

  1. society; community

Ancestry of “社會”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese社会society; a class, a world of a certain group
2Middle Chinese社會—
Every word from Middle Chinese 社會 →Every word from Japanese 社会 →
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