Where does “国防省” come from?

国防省 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 省, from Middle Chinese 省.

国防省 (Japanese): department of defense

Definitions

  1. department of defense

Ancestry of “国防省”, step by step

国防省 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 省

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

via Japanese 国防

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese国防national defense
Every word from Middle Chinese 省 →Every word from Japanese 省 →