Where does “新第三紀” come from?

新第三紀 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 第三紀, from Japanese 紀, from Middle Chinese 紀.

新第三紀 (Japanese): the Neogene period

Definitions

  1. the Neogene period

Ancestry of “新第三紀”, step by step

新第三紀 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 第三紀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese第三紀the Tertiary period
2Japanese紀chronicle, written record
3Middle Chinese紀—

via Japanese 新

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese新a novelty
2Middle Chinese新—
Every word from Middle Chinese 紀 →Every word from Japanese 紀 →Every word from Japanese 第三紀 →