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Where does “盲腸” come from?
盲腸 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 盲腸, from Middle Chinese もうちょう.
盲腸
(Chinese): caecum
Definitions
caecum
Ancestry of “盲腸”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Japanese
盲腸
caecum; appendix
2
Middle Chinese
もうちょう
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