Where does “ヒ素” come from?

ヒ素 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 素, from Middle Chinese 素.

ヒ素 (Japanese): arsenic

Definitions

  1. arsenic

Ancestry of “ヒ素”, step by step

ヒ素 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 素

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese素raw material; bare; element
2Middle Chinese素—

via Japanese 砒

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese砒arsenic

Words derived from “ヒ素”

Every word from Middle Chinese 素 →Every word from Japanese 素 →
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