Where does “二次元配列” come from?

二次元配列 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 二次元, from Japanese 二, from Middle Chinese 二 — two.

二次元配列 (Japanese): two-dimensional array

Definitions

  1. two-dimensional array

Ancestry of “二次元配列”, step by step

二次元配列 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 二次元

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese二次元the second dimension; the 2D world; the...
2Japanese二two, 2; second; two
3Middle Chinese二two

via Japanese 配列

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese配列arrangement, alignment, placement
Every word from Middle Chinese 二 →Every word from Japanese 二 →Every word from Japanese 二次元 →