Where does “後頭部” come from?

後頭部 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 後頭, from Japanese 後, from Japanese 跡, from Japanese 足, from Old Japanese 足.

後頭部 (Japanese): the occipital region

Definitions

  1. the occipital region

Ancestry of “後頭部”, step by step

後頭部 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 後頭

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese後頭an occiput
2Japanese後the back, the rear, behind; later, afterwards,...
3Japanese跡a track or trace; evidence of something moving,...
4Japanese足foot; 脚 leg
5Old Japanese足—

via Japanese 部

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese部division, divide, a part; section, bureau,...
Every word from Old Japanese 足 →Every word from Japanese 足 →Every word from Japanese 跡 →