Where does “同僚” come from?

同僚 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 同, from Middle Chinese 同.

同僚 (Japanese): colleague, coworker who works at the same working...

Definitions

  1. colleague, coworker who works at the same working...

Ancestry of “同僚”, step by step

同僚 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 同

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese同same
2Middle Chinese同—

via Japanese 僚

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese僚colleague
Every word from Middle Chinese 同 →Every word from Japanese 同 →