Where does “暗黒物質” come from?
暗黒物質 (Japanese) comes from English dark matter, from German Materie, from Latin māteria, from Latin māter, from Proto-Italic mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.
暗黒物質 (Japanese): dark matter
Definitions
- dark matter
Ancestry of “暗黒物質”, step by step
暗黒物質 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English dark matter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dark matter | Particles of matter that cannot be detected by... |
| 2 | German | Materie | matter |
| 3 | Latin | māteria | matter; material; component stuff; substance |
| 4 | Latin | māter | mother female parent |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | mātēr | mother |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | méh₂tēr | mother |
via Japanese 物質
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 物質 | material, substance |
via Japanese 暗黒
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 暗黒 | darkness |