Where does “分岐点” come from?

分岐点 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 点, from Middle Chinese 點 — mark, spot; dot, mark.

分岐点 (Japanese): junction, crossroads

Definitions

  1. junction, crossroads

Ancestry of “分岐点”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese点spot, dot; score, grade, mark; point
2Middle Chinese點mark, spot; dot, mark
Every word from Middle Chinese 點 →Every word from Japanese 点 →