Where does “順位” come from?

順位 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 位, from Middle Chinese 位.

順位 (Japanese): order, rank, precedence

Definitions

  1. order, rank, precedence

Ancestry of “順位”, step by step

順位 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 位

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese位rank; position; degree, rank
2Middle Chinese位—

via Japanese 順

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese順order, sequence, turn; order, sequence
Every word from Middle Chinese 位 →Every word from Japanese 位 →