Where does “市警” come from?

市警 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 市, from Old Japanese 市.

市警 (Japanese): city police; municipal police

Definitions

  1. city police; municipal police

Ancestry of “市警”, step by step

市警 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 市

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese市market; city
2Old Japanese市—

via Japanese 警察

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese警察police; Short for 警察署
Every word from Old Japanese 市 →Every word from Japanese 市 →
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