Where does “構文糖” come from?
構文糖 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 構文, from Japanese 構文論, from Japanese 論, from Japanese 統辞論, from Japanese 統辞 — syntax.
構文糖 (Japanese): syntactic sugar
Definitions
- syntactic sugar
Ancestry of “構文糖”, step by step
構文糖 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 構文
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 構文 | structure, syntax of an expression |
| 2 | Japanese | 構文論 | syntax as a field of study, syntactics |
| 3 | Japanese | 論 | theory |
| 4 | Japanese | 統辞論 | syntax as a field of study, syntactics |
| 5 | Japanese | 統辞 | syntax |
via English syntactic sugar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | syntactic sugar | Additions to the syntax of a computer language... |