Where does “官僚制” come from?

官僚制 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 制, from Middle Chinese 制.

官僚制 (Japanese): bureaucracy

Definitions

  1. bureaucracy

Ancestry of “官僚制”, step by step

官僚制 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 制

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese制system
2Middle Chinese制—

via Japanese 官僚

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese官僚bureaucracy
Every word from Middle Chinese 制 →Every word from Japanese 制 →