Where does “死亡証明書” come from?

死亡証明書 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 証明書, from Middle Chinese しょうめいしょ.

死亡証明書 (Japanese): death certificate

Definitions

  1. death certificate

Ancestry of “死亡証明書”, step by step

死亡証明書 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 証明書

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese証明書certificate
2Middle Chineseしょうめいしょ—

via Japanese 死亡

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese死亡death; to die
Every word from Middle Chinese しょうめいしょ →Every word from Japanese 証明書 →