Where does “前衛芸術” come from?

前衛芸術 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 芸術, from Middle Chinese 藝術.

前衛芸術 (Japanese): avant-garde art

Definitions

  1. avant-garde art

Ancestry of “前衛芸術”, step by step

前衛芸術 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 芸術

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese芸術the arts
2Middle Chinese藝術—

via Japanese 前衛

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese前衛vanguard leading units of an army
Every word from Middle Chinese 藝術 →Every word from Japanese 芸術 →