Where does “共同通信社” come from?
共同通信社 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 通信社, from Japanese 社, from Middle Chinese 社 — god of earth; ceremony for offering to the god of...
共同通信社 (Japanese): Kyodo News
Definitions
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Ancestry of “共同通信社”, step by step
共同通信社 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 通信社
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 通信社 | a news agency |
| 2 | Japanese | 社 | company, co |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 社 | god of earth; ceremony for offering to the god of... |
via Japanese 共同
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 共同 | cooperation; collaboration; to cooperate, to... |