Where does “公社” come from?

公社 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 社, from Middle Chinese 社 — god of earth; ceremony for offering to the god of...

公社 (Japanese): a public corporation

Definitions

  1. a public corporation

Ancestry of “公社”, step by step

公社 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 社

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese社company, co
2Middle Chinese社god of earth; ceremony for offering to the god of...

via Japanese 公

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese公official, governmental; a European sovereign...
2Middle Chinese公—
Every word from Middle Chinese 社 →Every word from Japanese 社 →