Where does “新人類” come from?

新人類 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 新, from Middle Chinese 新.

新人類 (Japanese): new generation, which has different sensibilities and values

Definitions

  1. new generation, which has different sensibilities and values

Ancestry of “新人類”, step by step

新人類 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 新

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese新a novelty
2Middle Chinese新—

via Japanese 人類

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese人類mankind, the human race, humanity
Every word from Middle Chinese 新 →Every word from Japanese 新 →