Where does “試聴室” come from?

試聴室 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 室, from Middle Chinese 室.

試聴室 (Japanese): audition room

Definitions

  1. audition room

Ancestry of “試聴室”, step by step

試聴室 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 室

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese室room
2Middle Chinese室—

via Japanese 試聴

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese試聴a trial listen, such as a CD at a record shop
Every word from Middle Chinese 室 →Every word from Japanese 室 →