Where does “気象衛星” come from?

気象衛星 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 衛星, from Japanese 衛, from Middle Chinese えい, from Middle Chinese 映.

気象衛星 (Japanese): a weather satellite

Definitions

  1. a weather satellite

Ancestry of “気象衛星”, step by step

気象衛星 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 衛星

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese衛星a satellite
2Japanese衛defense; to guard
3Middle Chineseえい—
4Middle Chinese映—

via Japanese 気象

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese気象weather, meteorological phenomenon
Every word from Middle Chinese 映 →Every word from Middle Chinese えい →Every word from Japanese 衛 →