Where does “商務省” come from?

商務省 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 省, from Middle Chinese 省.

商務省 (Japanese): Department of Commerce

Definitions

  1. Department of Commerce

Ancestry of “商務省”, step by step

商務省 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 省

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese省saving, conservation; ministry
2Middle Chinese省—

via Japanese 商務

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese商務—
Every word from Middle Chinese 省 →Every word from Japanese 省 →