Where does “責任者” come from?

責任者 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 者, from Middle Chinese 者.

責任者 (Japanese): a person in charge; a person responsible

Definitions

  1. a person in charge; a person responsible

Ancestry of “責任者”, step by step

責任者 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 者

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese者person; someone of that type, someone who does...
2Middle Chinese者—

via Japanese 責任

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese責任responsibility; duty

Words derived from “責任者”

Every word from Middle Chinese 者 →Every word from Japanese 者 →