Where does “消防署” come from?

消防署 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 署 — station, office; sho: "station"/"office".

消防署 (Japanese): fire station, fire department, firehouse

Definitions

  1. fire station, fire department, firehouse

Ancestry of “消防署”, step by step

消防署 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 署

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese署station, office; sho: "station"/"office"

via Japanese 消防

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese消防fire fighting, firefighting; Short for 消防署. fire...
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