Where does “不飽和” come from?

不飽和 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 不, from Middle Chinese 不.

不飽和 (Japanese): unsaturated

Definitions

  1. unsaturated

Ancestry of “不飽和”, step by step

不飽和 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 不

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese不un-, non-, in-; bad, poor
2Middle Chinese不—

via Japanese 飽和

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese飽和saturation; be saturated
2Middle Chinese飽和—

Words derived from “不飽和”

Every word from Middle Chinese 不 →Every word from Japanese 不 →
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