Where does “下腿三頭筋” come from?

下腿三頭筋 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 下腿, from Japanese 下, from Middle Chinese 下.

下腿三頭筋 (Japanese): a triceps surae muscle

Definitions

  1. a triceps surae muscle

Ancestry of “下腿三頭筋”, step by step

下腿三頭筋 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 下腿

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese下腿a lower leg; a crus
2Japanese下the below; the lower portion, end; low in degree...
3Middle Chinese下—

via Japanese 三頭筋

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese三頭筋a triceps muscle
2Japanese筋muscle; tendon; road
Every word from Middle Chinese 下 →Every word from Japanese 下 →Every word from Japanese 下腿 →