Where does “放物線” come from?

放物線 (Japanese) comes from Chinese 拋物線, from Chinese 線 — line.

放物線 (Japanese): a parabola

Definitions

  1. a parabola

Ancestry of “放物線”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese拋物線parabola
2Chinese線line
Every word from Chinese 線 →Every word from Chinese 拋物線 →