Where does “乳癌” come from?

乳癌 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 癌, from Middle Chinese 癌.

乳癌 (Japanese): breast cancer

Definitions

  1. breast cancer

Ancestry of “乳癌”, step by step

乳癌 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 癌

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese癌cancer
2Middle Chinese癌—

via Japanese 乳

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese乳milk; breast
Every word from Middle Chinese 癌 →Every word from Japanese 癌 →