Where does “帰宅部” come from?

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

帰宅部 (Japanese): (being a part of) the "going-home club" (i.e. not participating in any after-school clubs)

Definitions

  1. (being a part of) the "going-home club" (i.e. not participating in any after-school clubs)

Ancestry of “帰宅部”, step by step

帰宅部 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 帰宅

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese帰宅returning home; return home
2Japanese宅home; husband
3Middle Chinese宅—

via Japanese 部

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese部division, divide, a part; section, bureau,...
Every word from Middle Chinese 宅 →Every word from Japanese 宅 →Every word from Japanese 帰宅 →