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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesestation, 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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