Where does “古典力学” come from?

古典力学 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 力学, from Japanese 力, from Middle Chinese 力 — strength, power.

古典力学 (Japanese): classical mechanics

Definitions

  1. classical mechanics

Ancestry of “古典力学”, step by step

古典力学 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 力学

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese力学mechanics
2Japanese力strength; power; force; force; ability; capacity
3Middle Chinese力strength, power

via Japanese 古典

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese古典a classic
Every word from Middle Chinese 力 →Every word from Japanese 力 →Every word from Japanese 力学 →