Where does “応用数学” come from?

応用数学 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 数学, from Japanese 数, from Middle Chinese 數, from Old Chinese 數.

応用数学 (Japanese): applied mathematics

Definitions

  1. applied mathematics

Ancestry of “応用数学”, step by step

応用数学 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 数学

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese数学mathematics
2Japanese数number; amount; number; several
3Middle Chinese數—
4Old Chinese數—

via Japanese 応用

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese応用application
Every word from Old Chinese 數 →Every word from Middle Chinese 數 →Every word from Japanese 数 →
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