Where does “太陽系” come from?

太陽系 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 系, from Middle Chinese 系.

太陽系 (Japanese): solar system

Definitions

  1. solar system

Ancestry of “太陽系”, step by step

太陽系 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 系

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese系system, family
2Middle Chinese系—

via Japanese 太陽

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese太陽the sun; greater yang; the Sun
2Middle Chinese太陽—

Words derived from “太陽系”

Every word from Middle Chinese 系 →Every word from Japanese 系 →