Where does “最小公倍数” come from?

最小公倍数 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 最小, from Japanese 小, from Old Japanese ささ.

最小公倍数 (Japanese): least common multiple; lowest common multiple

Definitions

  1. least common multiple; lowest common multiple

Ancestry of “最小公倍数”, step by step

最小公倍数 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 最小

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese最小minimum, smallest, least
2Japanese小smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;...
3Old Japaneseささ—

via Japanese 公

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese公official, governmental; a European sovereign...
2Middle Chinese公—

via Japanese 倍数

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese倍数a multiple
Every word from Old Japanese ささ →Every word from Japanese 小 →Every word from Japanese 最小 →