Where does “ゲシュタルト崩壊” come from?

ゲシュタルト崩壊 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 崩壊, from Middle Chinese ほうかい.

ゲシュタルト崩壊 (Japanese): the Gestaltzerfall phenomenon, gestalt...

Definitions

  1. the Gestaltzerfall phenomenon, gestalt...

Ancestry of “ゲシュタルト崩壊”, step by step

ゲシュタルト崩壊 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 崩壊

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese崩壊decay, deterioration, disintegration; collapse;...
2Middle Chineseほうかい—

via Japanese Gestalt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseGestalt—
Every word from Middle Chinese ほうかい →Every word from Japanese 崩壊 →