Where does “共産主義者” come from?

共産主義者 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 者, from Middle Chinese 者.

共産主義者 (Japanese): communist

Definitions

  1. communist

Ancestry of “共産主義者”, step by step

共産主義者 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 者

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese者person; someone of that type, someone who does...
2Middle Chinese者—

via Japanese 共産主義

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese共産主義communism
Every word from Middle Chinese 者 →Every word from Japanese 者 →