Where does “地動説” come from?

地動説 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 地, from Middle Chinese 地.

地動説 (Japanese): heliocentrism

Definitions

  1. heliocentrism

Ancestry of “地動説”, step by step

地動説 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 地

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese地earth, dirt; fabric, cloth; territory
2Middle Chinese地—

via Japanese 説

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese説theory
2Middle Chinese說—

via Japanese 動

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese動to move; moving
Every word from Middle Chinese 地 →Every word from Japanese 地 →