Where does “リンパ液” come from?

リンパ液 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 液, from Middle Chinese 液.

リンパ液 (Japanese): lymph a colourless, watery, bodily fluid carried by the lymphatic system, that consists mainly of white blood cells

Definitions

  1. lymph a colourless, watery, bodily fluid carried by the lymphatic system, that consists mainly of white blood cells

Ancestry of “リンパ液”, step by step

リンパ液 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 液

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese液liquid
2Middle Chinese液—

via Japanese リンパ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseリンパlymph
2Dutchlympha—
Every word from Middle Chinese 液 →Every word from Japanese 液 →