Where does “側頭葉” come from?

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

側頭葉 (Japanese): a temporal lobe

Definitions

  1. a temporal lobe

Ancestry of “側頭葉”, step by step

側頭葉 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 側頭

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

via Japanese 葉

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese葉leaf, needle, blade; a season, an age: a shorter...
2Middle Chinese葉—
Every word from Middle Chinese 側 →Every word from Japanese 側 →Every word from Japanese 側頭 →