Where does “早期癌” come from?

早期癌 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 癌, from Middle Chinese 癌.

早期癌 (Japanese): early-stage cancer

Definitions

  1. early-stage cancer

Ancestry of “早期癌”, step by step

早期癌 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 癌

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese癌cancer
2Middle Chinese癌—

via Japanese 早期

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese早期early stage
Every word from Middle Chinese 癌 →Every word from Japanese 癌 →