Where does “ジェネリック医薬品” come from?

ジェネリック医薬品 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 医薬品, from Japanese 品, from Middle Chinese 品.

ジェネリック医薬品 (Japanese): generic medicine

Definitions

  1. generic medicine

Ancestry of “ジェネリック医薬品”, step by step

ジェネリック医薬品 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 医薬品

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese医薬品pharmaceutical drug, medication, medicines
2Japanese品article, goods; stock; quality
3Middle Chinese品—

via Japanese generic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesegeneric—
Every word from Middle Chinese 品 →Every word from Japanese 品 →Every word from Japanese 医薬品 →