Where does “公益事業” come from?
公益事業 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 事業 — project, work; an enterprise, a business.
公益事業 (Japanese): public work
Definitions
- public work
Ancestry of “公益事業”, step by step
公益事業 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 事業
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 事業 | project, work; an enterprise, a business |
via Japanese 公益
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 公益 | public welfare, public benefit, public interest |