Where does “生存権” come from?

生存権 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 権, from Middle Chinese 權.

生存権 (Japanese): right to life

Definitions

  1. right to life

Ancestry of “生存権”, step by step

生存権 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 権

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

via Japanese 生存

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese生存living, life
Every word from Middle Chinese 權 →Every word from Japanese 権 →