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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 詞
老鄉 word · TOCFL 5 (est.)
老鄉 ＝ 老 ＋ 鄉
ㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄤ · lǎoxiāng
noun — a fellow villager, someone from the same hometown

字源 FORM — what the parts do

老a familiar prefix (老闆)lǎo
鄉one's hometown, the countryside (家鄉)xiāng
老鄉，老闆的老，家鄉的鄉。
關 · Related
家鄉jiāxiāngthe hometown itself — the same 鄉同鄉tóngxiāngthe more formal word for the same thing