Where does “公民権” come from?

公民権 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 権, from Middle Chinese 權.

公民権 (Japanese): civil rights

Definitions

  1. civil rights

Ancestry of “公民権”, step by step

公民権 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 権

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese権right to do something, authority
2Middle Chinese權—

via Japanese 公民

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese公民citizen
Every word from Middle Chinese 權 →