Where does “中小企業” come from?
中小企業 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 中小, from Japanese 中, from Japanese 中今, from Japanese 今 — now; just now; soon.
中小企業 (Japanese): small-to-medium-sized enterprises, smaller...
Definitions
- small-to-medium-sized enterprises, smaller...
Ancestry of “中小企業”, step by step
中小企業 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 中小
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 中小 | small to medium |
| 2 | Japanese | 中 | middle, medium; average; neither good nor poor;... |
| 3 | Japanese | 中今 | the present, as a privileged moment in eternity |
| 4 | Japanese | 今 | now; just now; soon |
via Japanese 企業
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 企業 | enterprise; undertaking; corporation |