Where does “果糖” come from?

果糖 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 果, from Middle Chinese 果 — fruit.

果糖 (Japanese): fruit sugar

Definitions

  1. fruit sugar

Ancestry of “果糖”, step by step

果糖 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 果

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese果fruit; phala, attained state, result;...
2Middle Chinese果fruit

via Japanese 糖

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese糖sugar
2Middle Chinese糖sugar
Every word from Middle Chinese 果 →Every word from Japanese 果 →