Where does “座位” come from?

座位 (Japanese) comes from Middle Chinese 座位, from Middle Chinese さい, from Japanese 左様, from Japanese 様, from Middle Chinese 樣.

座位 (Japanese): seat; posing of sitting; sitting sex position

Definitions

  1. seat; posing of sitting; sitting sex position

Ancestry of “座位”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese座位—
2Middle Chineseさい—
3Japanese左様like that
4Japanese様way, style, appearance; be like, look like, seem...
5Middle Chinese樣—
Every word from Middle Chinese 樣 →Every word from Japanese 様 →Every word from Japanese 左様 →