Where does “三乗” come from?

三乗 (Japanese) comes from Japanese さん, from Japanese 様, from Middle Chinese 樣.

三乗 (Japanese): a cube, a power of three

Definitions

  1. a cube, a power of three

Ancestry of “三乗”, step by step

三乗 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese さん

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseさんA title used after person's name regardless of...
2Japanese様way, style, appearance; be like, look like, seem...
3Middle Chinese樣—

via Japanese 乗

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese乗power

Words derived from “三乗”

Every word from Middle Chinese 樣 →Every word from Japanese 様 →Every word from Japanese さん →