Where does “再利用” come from?

再利用 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 再, from Middle Chinese 再.

再利用 (Japanese): recycling

Definitions

  1. recycling

Ancestry of “再利用”, step by step

再利用 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 再

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese再re-, again, repeated
2Middle Chinese再—

via Japanese 利用

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese利用use, usage, utilization, application;...
Every word from Middle Chinese 再 →Every word from Japanese 再 →