Where does “風俗店” come from?

風俗店 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 店, from Middle Chinese 店.

風俗店 (Japanese): brothel

Definitions

  1. brothel

Ancestry of “風俗店”, step by step

風俗店 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 店

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese店store, branch
2Middle Chinese店—

via Japanese 風俗

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese風俗a custom; manners; mores; sexual services; the...

Words derived from “風俗店”

Every word from Middle Chinese 店 →Every word from Japanese 店 →