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 化

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

via Japanese 強

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese強slightly more than
Every word from Middle Chinese 化 →Every word from Japanese 化 →