Where does “市町村” come from?

市町村 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 市, from Old Japanese 市.

市町村 (Japanese): cities, towns, and villages

Definitions

  1. cities, towns, and villages

Ancestry of “市町村”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese市market; city
2Old Japanese市—
Every word from Old Japanese 市 →Every word from Japanese 市 →