Where does “四面体形分子構造” come from?

四面体形分子構造 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 四面体, from Japanese 体, from Middle Chinese 體.

四面体形分子構造 (Japanese): tetrahedral molecular geometry

Definitions

  1. tetrahedral molecular geometry

Ancestry of “四面体形分子構造”, step by step

四面体形分子構造 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 四面体

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese四面体a tetrahedron
2Japanese体In general: the body, e.g. of a human or animal;...
3Middle Chinese體—

via Japanese 形

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese形a shape; a form; a pattern, die, or model from...
2Middle Chinese形—

via Japanese 分子

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese分子element; numerator; molecule
2Middle Chinese分子—
Every word from Middle Chinese 體 →Every word from Japanese 体 →Every word from Japanese 四面体 →