Where does “連語” come from?

連語 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 語, from Chinese 語.

連語 (Japanese): a compound word: a multiple-word term used as a...

Definitions

  1. a compound word: a multiple-word term used as a...

Ancestry of “連語”, step by step

連語 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 語

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese語a word, term; a proverb; language of, -ese, -ish
2Chinese語—

via Japanese 連

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese連take along, lead, join, connect; linking,...
2Middle Chinese連—
Every word from Chinese 語 →Every word from Japanese 語 →