Where does “警備員” come from?

警備員 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 員, from Middle Chinese 員.

警備員 (Japanese): guard, guardsman

Definitions

  1. guard, guardsman

Ancestry of “警備員”, step by step

警備員 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 員

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese員member
2Middle Chinese員—

via Japanese 警備

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese警備security guard; patrol; defense, guard, guarding,...

Words derived from “警備員”

Every word from Middle Chinese 員 →Every word from Japanese 員 →