Where does “市立” come from?

市立 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 立, from Middle Chinese 立.

市立 (Japanese): the state of being established by a city's government; municipality

Definitions

  1. the state of being established by a city's government; municipality

Ancestry of “市立”, step by step

市立 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 立

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese立Rare spelling of リットル
2Middle Chinese立—

via Japanese 市

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