Where does “黄道十二宮” come from?

黄道十二宮 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 十二宮, from Japanese 宮, from Middle Chinese 宮.

黄道十二宮 (Japanese): the twelve zodiac signs

Definitions

  1. the twelve zodiac signs

Ancestry of “黄道十二宮”, step by step

黄道十二宮 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 十二宮

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese十二宮—
2Japanese宮the place where a god resides: a shrine; a temple...
3Middle Chinese宮—

via Japanese 黄道

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese黄道ecliptic
Every word from Middle Chinese 宮 →Every word from Japanese 宮 →Every word from Japanese 十二宮 →