Where does “中石器時代” come from?
中石器時代 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 中, from Japanese 中今, from Japanese 今 — now; just now; soon.
中石器時代 (Japanese): the Mesolithic
Ancestry of “中石器時代”, step by step
中石器時代 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 中
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 中 | middle, medium; average; neither good nor poor;... |
| 2 | Japanese | 中今 | the present, as a privileged moment in eternity |
| 3 | Japanese | 今 | now; just now; soon |
via Japanese 石器時代
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 石器時代 | Stone Age |
| 2 | Japanese | 時代 | age, era, period; the times, spirit of the age;... |