Where does “核物理学” come from?

核物理学 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 物理学, from Japanese 学, from Middle Chinese 學.

核物理学 (Japanese): Clipping of 原子核物理学

Definitions

  1. Clipping of 原子核物理学

Ancestry of “核物理学”, step by step

核物理学 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 物理学

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese物理学physics
2Japanese学scholarship; learning; knowledge; -ology; -ics;...
3Middle Chinese學—

via Japanese 核

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese核atomic nucleus; kernel; core, nucleus
Every word from Middle Chinese 學 →Every word from Japanese 学 →Every word from Japanese 物理学 →