Where does “地球物理学” come from?

地球物理学 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 物理学, from Japanese 学, from Middle Chinese 學.

地球物理学 (Japanese): geophysics

Definitions

  1. geophysics

Ancestry of “地球物理学”, step by step

地球物理学 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 物理学

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese物理学physics
2Japanese学scholarship; learning; knowledge; -ology; -ics;...
3Middle Chinese學—

via Japanese 地球

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese地球globe; Earth
2Chinese地球the Earth
Every word from Middle Chinese 學 →Every word from Japanese 学 →Every word from Japanese 物理学 →