Where does “側頭窩” come from?

側頭窩 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 側頭, from Japanese 側, from Middle Chinese 側.

側頭窩 (Japanese): a temporal fossa

Definitions

  1. a temporal fossa

Ancestry of “側頭窩”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese側頭—
2Japanese側side; vicinity, near, beside; vicinity
3Middle Chinese側—
Every word from Middle Chinese 側 →Every word from Japanese 側 →Every word from Japanese 側頭 →