Where does “社会制度” come from?

社会制度 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 社会, from Middle Chinese 社會.

社会制度 (Japanese): A social system; regime

Definitions

  1. A social system; regime

Ancestry of “社会制度”, step by step

社会制度 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 社会

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese社会society; a class, a world of a certain group
2Middle Chinese社會—

via Japanese 制度

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese制度system; institution
Every word from Middle Chinese 社會 →Every word from Japanese 社会 →