Where does “抗体” come from?

抗体 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 体, from Middle Chinese 體.

抗体 (Japanese): antibody

Definitions

  1. antibody

Ancestry of “抗体”, step by step

抗体 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 体

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese体In general: the body, e.g. of a human or animal;...
2Middle Chinese體—

via Japanese 抗

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese抗—
Every word from Middle Chinese 體 →Every word from Japanese 体 →