Where does “亜目” come from?

亜目 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.

亜目 (Japanese): a suborder

Definitions

  1. a suborder

Ancestry of “亜目”, step by step

亜目 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 目

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
2Middle Chinese目—

via Japanese 亜

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese亜"indicates a lower oxidation number": -ous
2Middle Chinese亞—

Words derived from “亜目”

Every word from Middle Chinese 目 →Every word from Japanese 目 →