Where does “非武装地帯” come from?

非武装地帯 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 非, from Japanese 凡, from Middle Chinese 凡 — ordinary.

非武装地帯 (Japanese): demilitarized zone

Definitions

  1. demilitarized zone

Ancestry of “非武装地帯”, step by step

非武装地帯 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 非

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese非negative prefix: in-, non-, un-
2Japanese凡mediocre, ordinary; mediocrity; dim, faint
3Middle Chinese凡ordinary

via Japanese 地帯

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese地帯area, zone

via Japanese 武装

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese武装armaments
Every word from Middle Chinese 凡 →Every word from Japanese 凡 →Every word from Japanese 非 →