Where does “前立腺癌” come from?

前立腺癌 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 癌, from Middle Chinese 癌.

前立腺癌 (Japanese): prostate cancer

Definitions

  1. prostate cancer

Ancestry of “前立腺癌”, step by step

前立腺癌 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 癌

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese癌cancer
2Middle Chinese癌—

via Japanese 前立腺

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese前立腺prostate
Every word from Middle Chinese 癌 →Every word from Japanese 癌 →