Where does “総務相” come from?

総務相 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 相, from Old Japanese さが.

総務相 (Japanese): Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications

Definitions

  1. Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications

Ancestry of “総務相”, step by step

総務相 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 相

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese相nature, personality; fate, destiny; a habit,...
2Old Japaneseさが—

via Japanese 総務

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese総務general affairs
Every word from Old Japanese さが →Every word from Japanese 相 →