Where does “多食亜目” come from?

多食亜目 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 亜目, from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.

多食亜目 (Japanese): the Polyphaga, a suborder of beetles

Definitions

  1. the Polyphaga, a suborder of beetles

Ancestry of “多食亜目”, step by step

多食亜目 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 亜目

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese亜目a suborder
2Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
3Middle Chinese目—

via Japanese 食

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese食food; grain; a meal
2Middle Chinese食—

via Japanese 多

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese多multi-
Every word from Middle Chinese 目 →Every word from Japanese 目 →Every word from Japanese 亜目 →