Where does “強化” come from?

強化 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 化, from Middle Chinese 化.

強化 (Japanese): strengthening, intensification, buildup,...

Definitions

  1. strengthening, intensification, buildup,...

Ancestry of “強化”, step by step

強化 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

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1Japanese-ization, -ification; action of making something...
2Middle Chinese

via Japanese

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