Where does “校長” come from?

校長 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 先生, from Middle Chinese 先生, from Middle Chinese 生 — born.

校長 (Japanese): principal or headteacher of a school

Definitions

  1. principal or headteacher of a school

Ancestry of “校長”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese先生an elder; a scholar; a teacher or a professor
2Middle Chinese先生master, elder
3Middle Chinese生born

Words derived from “校長”

Every word from Middle Chinese 生 →Every word from Middle Chinese 先生 →Every word from Japanese 先生 →