Where does “議長” come from?

議長 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 長, from Middle Chinese 長.

議長 (Japanese): chairman (person presiding over a meeting), speaker (in a parliament)

Definitions

  1. chairman (person presiding over a meeting), speaker (in a parliament)

Ancestry of “議長”, step by step

議長 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 長

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese長chief, head, leader; strong point; major
2Middle Chinese長—

via Japanese 議

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese議discussion; deliberation; debate
Every word from Middle Chinese 長 →Every word from Japanese 長 →