Where does “不法入国者” come from?

不法入国者 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 者, from Middle Chinese 者.

不法入国者 (Japanese): illegal alien

Definitions

  1. illegal alien

Ancestry of “不法入国者”, step by step

不法入国者 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 者

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese者person; someone of that type, someone who does...
2Middle Chinese者—

via Japanese 不法

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese不法illegality, injustice
2Middle Chineseふほう—
Every word from Middle Chinese 者 →Every word from Japanese 者 →