Where does “先進国” come from?

先進国 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 国, from Old Japanese 国.

先進国 (Japanese): advanced country, developed country

Definitions

  1. advanced country, developed country

Ancestry of “先進国”, step by step

先進国 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 国

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese国a land, a large place; a country in general, a...
2Old Japanese国—

via Japanese 先進

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese先進being advanced
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