Where does “大蔵省” come from?

大蔵省 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 大蔵, from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.

大蔵省 (Japanese): the Ministry of the Treasury

Definitions

  1. the Ministry of the Treasury

Ancestry of “大蔵省”, step by step

大蔵省 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 大蔵

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese大蔵an imperial treasury
2Japanese大big, large; the large part of; arch-
3Old Japanese大big, large; large
4Proto-Japonicəpəbig, large; many

via Japanese の

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseのgenitive case marker; nominative case marker in a...
2Old Japaneseのplain, field
3Middle Chinese能talent, ability

via Japanese 省

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

Words derived from “大蔵省”

Every word from Proto-Japonic əpə →Every word from Old Japanese 大 →Every word from Japanese 大 →