Where does “戦闘服” come from?

戦闘服 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 戦闘, from Middle Chinese 戰鬪.

戦闘服 (Japanese): a battle or combat uniform: fatigues, battledress

Definitions

  1. a battle or combat uniform: fatigues, battledress

Ancestry of “戦闘服”, step by step

戦闘服 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 戦闘

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese戦闘a battle, a fight, combat; to fight, to battle
2Middle Chinese戰鬪—

via Japanese 服

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese服clothes
Every word from Middle Chinese 戰鬪 →Every word from Japanese 戦闘 →
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