Where does “選手村” come from?

選手村 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 村, from Middle Chinese 村.

選手村 (Japanese): Olympic village

Definitions

  1. Olympic village

Ancestry of “選手村”, step by step

選手村 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 村

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese村village
2Middle Chinese村—

via Japanese 選手

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese選手player, at variety of sports, or games
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