Where does “都道府県議会” come from?

都道府県議会 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 議会, from Japanese 会, from Middle Chinese 會.

都道府県議会 (Japanese): legislatures of Tokyo and prefectures of Japan

Definitions

  1. legislatures of Tokyo and prefectures of Japan

Ancestry of “都道府県議会”, step by step

都道府県議会 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 議会

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese議会a legislature
2Japanese会meeting, gathering; society, association, club;...
3Middle Chinese會—

via Japanese 都道府県

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese都道府県the political subdivisions of Japan
Every word from Middle Chinese 會 →Every word from Japanese 会 →Every word from Japanese 議会 →