Where does “帰宅” come from?

帰宅 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 宅, from Middle Chinese 宅.

帰宅 (Japanese): returning home; return home

Definitions

  1. returning home; return home

Ancestry of “帰宅”, step by step

帰宅 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 宅

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese宅home; husband
2Middle Chinese宅—

via Japanese 帰

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese帰return; arrive at
2Japanese帰化the process of taking citizenship in a foreign country; naturalization

Words derived from “帰宅”

Every word from Middle Chinese 宅 →Every word from Japanese 宅 →