Where does “議会” come from?

議会 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 会, from Middle Chinese 會.

議会 (Japanese): a legislature

Definitions

  1. a legislature

Ancestry of “議会”, step by step

議会 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 会

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese会meeting, gathering; society, association, club;...
2Middle Chinese會—

via Japanese 議

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese議discussion; deliberation; debate

Words derived from “議会”

Every word from Middle Chinese 會 →Every word from Japanese 会 →