Where does “植物状態” come from?

植物状態 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 植物 — plant; vegetation.

Ancestry of “植物状態”, step by step

植物状態 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 植物

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese植物plant; vegetation

via Japanese 状態

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese状態the state or condition (of something at a certain time); (current) situation
Every word from Japanese 植物