Where does “宇宙物理学” come from?
宇宙物理学 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 物理学, from Japanese 学, from Middle Chinese 學.
Ancestry of “宇宙物理学”, step by step
宇宙物理学 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 物理学
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 物理学 | physics |
| 2 | Japanese | 学 | scholarship; learning; knowledge; -ology; -ics;... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 學 | — |
via Japanese 宇宙
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 宇宙 | the universe; outer space |