Where does “候補者” come from?

候補者 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 者, from Middle Chinese 者.

候補者 (Japanese): candidate

Definitions

  1. candidate

Ancestry of “候補者”, step by step

候補者 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 候補

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese候補candidate
Every word from Middle Chinese 者 →Every word from Japanese 者 →