Where does “縮小” come from?

縮小 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 小, from Old Japanese ささ.

縮小 (Japanese): minification, condensation; shortening;...

Definitions

  1. minification, condensation; shortening;...

Ancestry of “縮小”, step by step

縮小 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 小

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese小smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;...
2Old Japaneseささ—

via Japanese 縮

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese縮—
Every word from Old Japanese ささ →Every word from Japanese 小 →