Where does “小児病” come from?
小児病 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 小児, from Japanese 小, from Old Japanese ささ.
小児病 (Japanese): childhood diseases
Ancestry of “小児病”, step by step
小児病 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 小児
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 小児 | young child, infant |
| 2 | Japanese | 小 | smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;... |
| 3 | Old Japanese | ささ | — |
via Japanese 病
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 病 | disease, illness; a bad habit |
| 2 | Japanese | 病む | to fall ill; to be diseased; to be sick; to... |