Where does “労働組合” come from?

労働組合 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 労働, from Middle Chinese 勞動.

労働組合 (Japanese): a labor union

Definitions

  1. a labor union

Ancestry of “労働組合”, step by step

労働組合 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 労働

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese労働labor; labour; perform work, labor
2Middle Chinese勞動—

via Japanese 組合

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese組合a group of people with common objectives and...
Every word from Middle Chinese 勞動 →Every word from Japanese 労働 →