Where does “小選挙区” come from?

小選挙区 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 小, from Old Japanese ささ.

小選挙区 (Japanese): small electoral district, single-member...

Definitions

  1. small electoral district, single-member...

Ancestry of “小選挙区”, step by step

小選挙区 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 小

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese小smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;...
2Old Japaneseささ—

via Japanese 選挙区

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese選挙区constituency -
Every word from Old Japanese ささ →Every word from Japanese 小 →