Where does “通訳者” come from?

通訳者 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 者, from Middle Chinese 者.

通訳者 (Japanese): an interpreter: someone who listens to speech in...

Definitions

  1. an interpreter: someone who listens to speech in...

Ancestry of “通訳者”, step by step

通訳者 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 通訳

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese通訳interpreting, interpretation: the facilitation of...
2Chinese通譯to translate; to interpret; translator;...
Every word from Middle Chinese 者 →Every word from Japanese 者 →