Where does “新世界猿” come from?

新世界猿 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 新世界, from Japanese 新, from Middle Chinese 新.

新世界猿 (Japanese): a New World monkey

Definitions

  1. a New World monkey

Ancestry of “新世界猿”, step by step

新世界猿 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 新世界

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese新世界a new world
2Japanese新a novelty
3Middle Chinese新—

via Japanese 猿

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese猿a monkey; Short for 日本猿; an ape
2Chinese猿ape
Every word from Middle Chinese 新 →Every word from Japanese 新 →Every word from Japanese 新世界 →