Where does “職場” come from?

職場 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 職, from Middle Chinese 職.

職場 (Japanese): one's place of work, workplace; one's post, one's...

Definitions

  1. one's place of work, workplace; one's post, one's...

Ancestry of “職場”, step by step

職場 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 職

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese職employment
2Middle Chinese職—

via Japanese 場

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese場a place; a field; a flattened area used for...
2Old Japanese庭garden; ground; place where something is done;...
Every word from Middle Chinese 職 →Every word from Japanese 職 →