Where does “小児科医” come from?

小児科医 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 小児, from Japanese 小, from Old Japanese ささ.

小児科医 (Japanese): pediatrician

Definitions

  1. pediatrician

Ancestry of “小児科医”, step by step

小児科医 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 小児

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese小児young child, infant
2Japanese小smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;...
3Old Japaneseささ—

via Japanese 科

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese科department, section; family; crime; wrongdoing
2Japanese品article, goods; stock; quality
3Middle Chinese品—

via Japanese 医

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese医doctor; physician; medicine
2Middle Chinese醫—
Every word from Old Japanese ささ →Every word from Japanese 小 →Every word from Japanese 小児 →