Where does “市議会” come from?

市議会 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 議会, from Japanese 会, from Middle Chinese 會.

市議会 (Japanese): a city council; a municipal assembly

Definitions

  1. a city council; a municipal assembly

Ancestry of “市議会”, step by step

市議会 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 議会

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese議会a legislature
2Japanese会meeting, gathering; society, association, club;...
3Middle Chinese會—

via Japanese 市

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