Where does “浮遊生物” come from?

浮遊生物 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 生物 — an organism; a life form.

Ancestry of “浮遊生物”, step by step

浮遊生物 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 生物

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese生物an organism; a life form

via Japanese 浮遊

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese浮遊floatation (in air or water)
Every word from Japanese 生物