Where does “小説家” come from?

小説家 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 家, from Japanese 家紋, from Middle Chinese かもん.

小説家 (Japanese): novelist, fiction writer

Definitions

  1. novelist, fiction writer

Ancestry of “小説家”, step by step

小説家 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 家

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese家a house; one's own home; a home, household
2Japanese家紋a crest for a household or family
3Middle Chineseかもん—

via Japanese 小説

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese小説novel, story, fiction
2Japanese小smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;...
3Old Japaneseささ—
Every word from Middle Chinese かもん →Every word from Japanese 家紋 →Every word from Japanese 家 →