Where does “老舗” come from?

老舗 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 舗 — shop.

老舗 (Japanese): an old shop with a long history of doing the same business

Definitions

  1. an old shop with a long history of doing the same business

Ancestry of “老舗”, step by step

老舗 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

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1Japaneseshop

via Japanese 仕似す

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1Japanese仕似すto imitate; to succeed the occupation of one's...

via Japanese

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1Japanese
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