Where does “分子生物学” come from?

分子生物学 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 分子, from Middle Chinese 分子.

分子生物学 (Japanese): molecular biology

Definitions

  1. molecular biology

Ancestry of “分子生物学”, step by step

分子生物学 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 分子

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese分子element; numerator; molecule
2Middle Chinese分子—

via Japanese 生物学

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese生物学biology
Every word from Middle Chinese 分子 →Every word from Japanese 分子 →