Where does “休憩室” come from?

休憩室 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 室, from Middle Chinese 室.

休憩室 (Japanese): lounge

Definitions

  1. lounge

Ancestry of “休憩室”, step by step

休憩室 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 室

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese室room
2Middle Chinese室—

via Japanese 休憩

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese休憩a rest; a break; an intermission
Every word from Middle Chinese 室 →Every word from Japanese 室 →