Where does “特許権” come from?

特許権 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 権, from Middle Chinese 權.

特許権 (Japanese): patent, patent rights

Definitions

  1. patent, patent rights

Ancestry of “特許権”, step by step

特許権 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 権

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese権right to do something, authority
2Middle Chinese權—

via Japanese 特許

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese特許letter patent; patent
Every word from Middle Chinese 權 →Every word from Japanese 権 →