Where does “一次元” come from?

一次元 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 一, from Japanese 始め, from Japanese 始める — begin; start; initiate; originate.

一次元 (Japanese): one dimension, the first dimension

Definitions

  1. one dimension, the first dimension

Ancestry of “一次元”, step by step

一次元 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 一

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese一one, 1; "term relating to the number one"; unity
2Japanese始めbeginning, the start of an activity or time...
3Japanese始めるbegin; start; initiate; originate

via Japanese 次元

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese次元a dimension

Words derived from “一次元”

Every word from Japanese 始める →Every word from Japanese 始め →Every word from Japanese 一 →