Where does “代替医療” come from?

代替医療 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 代替 — substitution; substitute.

代替医療 (Japanese): alternative medicine

Definitions

  1. alternative medicine

Ancestry of “代替医療”, step by step

代替医療 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 代替

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese代替substitution; substitute

via Japanese 医療

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese医療medical treatment
Every word from Japanese 代替