Where does “太陽電池” come from?

太陽電池 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 太陽, from Middle Chinese 太陽.

太陽電池 (Japanese): solar battery

Definitions

  1. solar battery

Ancestry of “太陽電池”, step by step

太陽電池 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 太陽

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

via Japanese 電池

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese電池a battery
Every word from Middle Chinese 太陽 →Every word from Japanese 太陽 →