Where does “動物実験” come from?

動物実験 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 動物, from Middle Chinese 動物.

動物実験 (Japanese): animal testing

Definitions

  1. animal testing

Ancestry of “動物実験”, step by step

動物実験 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 動物

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese動物animal
2Middle Chinese動物—

via Japanese 実験

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese実験experiment
Every word from Middle Chinese 動物 →Every word from Japanese 動物 →