Where does “兵士” come from?

兵士 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 兵, from Middle Chinese へい, from Middle Chinese 兵.

兵士 (Japanese): a soldier; a rank of a member of the Salvation...

Definitions

  1. a soldier; a rank of a member of the Salvation...

Ancestry of “兵士”, step by step

兵士 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 兵

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese兵a soldier; a war machine; a weapon; a battle, a...
2Middle Chineseへい—
3Middle Chinese兵—

via Japanese 士

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese士samurai, warrior; person with a certain...
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