Where does “同小” come from?

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

同小 (Japanese): the above-mentioned elementary school

Definitions

  1. the above-mentioned elementary school

Ancestry of “同小”, step by step

同小 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 同

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese同same
2Middle Chinese同—

via Japanese 小

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese小smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;...
2Old Japaneseささ—
Every word from Middle Chinese 同 →Every word from Japanese 同 →