Where does “通信社” come from?

通信社 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 社, from Middle Chinese 社 — god of earth; ceremony for offering to the god of...

通信社 (Japanese): a news agency

Definitions

  1. a news agency

Ancestry of “通信社”, step by step

通信社 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 社

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese社company, co
2Middle Chinese社god of earth; ceremony for offering to the god of...

via Japanese 通信

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese通信communication; correspondence; news
2Chinese通信to correspond; to communicate

Words derived from “通信社”

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