Where does “市民権” come from?

市民権 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 権, from Middle Chinese 權.

市民権 (Japanese): citizenship

Definitions

  1. citizenship

Ancestry of “市民権”, step by step

市民権 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 権

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese権right to do something, authority
2Middle Chinese權—

via Japanese 市民

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese市民citizen; townsperson/townspeople
Every word from Middle Chinese 權 →Every word from Japanese 権 →