Where does “原子力潜水艦” come from?

原子力潜水艦 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 原子力, from Japanese 力, from Middle Chinese 力 — strength, power.

原子力潜水艦 (Japanese): nuclear submarine

Definitions

  1. nuclear submarine

Ancestry of “原子力潜水艦”, step by step

原子力潜水艦 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 原子力

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese原子力nuclear power; atomic power
2Japanese力strength; power; force; force; ability; capacity
3Middle Chinese力strength, power

via Japanese 潜水艦

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese潜水艦a submarine
Every word from Middle Chinese 力 →Every word from Japanese 力 →Every word from Japanese 原子力 →