Where does “新石器時代” come from?

新石器時代 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 新, from Middle Chinese 新.

新石器時代 (Japanese): the Neolithic

Definitions

  1. the Neolithic

Ancestry of “新石器時代”, step by step

新石器時代 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 新

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese新a novelty
2Middle Chinese新—

via Japanese 石器時代

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese石器時代Stone Age
2Japanese時代age, era, period; the times, spirit of the age;...
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