Where does “春秋” come from?

春秋 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 春, from Middle Chinese 春.

春秋 (Japanese): spring and autumn; a year; one's age

Definitions

  1. spring and autumn; a year; one's age

Ancestry of “春秋”, step by step

春秋 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 春

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese春spring
2Middle Chinese春—

via Japanese 秋

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese秋autumn, fall
2Old Japaneseあき—

via Middle Chinese 春秋

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese春秋—
Every word from Middle Chinese 春 →Every word from Japanese 春 →