Where does “准士官” come from?

准士官 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 士官, from Japanese 官, from Middle Chinese かん.

准士官 (Japanese): a warrant officer

Definitions

  1. a warrant officer

Ancestry of “准士官”, step by step

准士官 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 士官

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese士官a commissioned officer
2Japanese官government office; authority; government...
3Middle Chineseかん—

via Japanese 准

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese准—
Every word from Middle Chinese かん →Every word from Japanese 官 →Every word from Japanese 士官 →
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