Where does “再会” come from?

再会 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 会, from Middle Chinese 會.

再会 (Japanese): meeting again - the situation of meeting someone at an interval

Definitions

  1. meeting again - the situation of meeting someone at an interval

Ancestry of “再会”, step by step

再会 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 会

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese会meeting, gathering; society, association, club;...
2Middle Chinese會—

via Japanese 再

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese再re-, again, repeated
2Middle Chinese再—
Every word from Middle Chinese 會 →Every word from Japanese 会 →