Where does “後頭葉” come from?
後頭葉 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 後頭, from Japanese 後, from Japanese 跡, from Japanese 足, from Old Japanese 足.
後頭葉 (Japanese): an occipital lobe
Ancestry of “後頭葉”, step by step
後頭葉 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 後頭
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 後頭 | an occiput |
| 2 | Japanese | 後 | the back, the rear, behind; later, afterwards,... |
| 3 | Japanese | 跡 | a track or trace; evidence of something moving,... |
| 4 | Japanese | 足 | foot; 脚 leg |
| 5 | Old Japanese | 足 | — |
via Japanese 葉
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 葉 | leaf, needle, blade; a season, an age: a shorter... |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 葉 | — |