Where does “乗車券” come from?

乗車券 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 券, from Middle Chinese けん, from Middle Chinese 元.

乗車券 (Japanese): ticket for riding a means of transportation

Definitions

  1. ticket for riding a means of transportation

Ancestry of “乗車券”, step by step

乗車券 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 券

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese券ticket, certificate; bond, coupon
2Middle Chineseけん—
3Middle Chinese元—

via Japanese 乗車

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese乗車getting on a train, bus, or getting in car;...

Words derived from “乗車券”

Every word from Middle Chinese 元 →Every word from Middle Chinese けん →Every word from Japanese 券 →