Where does “座位” come from?

座位 (Middle Chinese) comes from Middle Chinese さい, from Japanese 左様, from Japanese 様, from Middle Chinese 樣.

Ancestry of “座位”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chineseさい—
2Japanese左様like that
3Japanese様way, style, appearance; be like, look like, seem...
4Middle Chinese樣—

Words derived from “座位”

Every word from Middle Chinese 樣 →Every word from Japanese 様 →Every word from Japanese 左様 →