Where does “発売禁止” come from?

発売禁止 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 禁止 — prohibition; to ban; to prohibit.

発売禁止 (Japanese): prohibition of sale, including suppression of a publication by prohibiting its sale

Definitions

  1. prohibition of sale, including suppression of a publication by prohibiting its sale

Ancestry of “発売禁止”, step by step

発売禁止 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 禁止

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese禁止prohibition; to ban; to prohibit

via Japanese 発売

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese発売sale, the selling of something
Every word from Japanese 禁止