Where does “資格証明書” come from?

資格証明書 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 証明書, from Middle Chinese しょうめいしょ.

資格証明書 (Japanese): proof of qualification

Definitions

  1. proof of qualification

Ancestry of “資格証明書”, step by step

資格証明書 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 証明書

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese証明書certificate
2Middle Chineseしょうめいしょ—

via Japanese 資格

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese資格qualifications
Every word from Middle Chinese しょうめいしょ →Every word from Japanese 証明書 →