Where does “公用語” come from?

公用語 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 語, from Chinese 語.

公用語 (Japanese): official language or languages

Definitions

  1. official language or languages

Ancestry of “公用語”, step by step

公用語 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 語

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese語a word, term; a proverb; language of, -ese, -ish
2Chinese語—

via Japanese 公用

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese公用for government use; for public use; government...
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