Where does “実験材料” come from?

実験材料 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 材料, from Middle Chinese 材料.

実験材料 (Japanese): material for experiments; experimental material

Definitions

  1. material for experiments; experimental material

Ancestry of “実験材料”, step by step

実験材料 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 材料

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese材料a concrete material; abstract material
2Middle Chinese材料—

via Japanese 実験

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese実験experiment
Every word from Middle Chinese 材料 →Every word from Japanese 材料 →