Where does “温度” come from?

温度 (Japanese) comes from Chinese 温, from Middle Chinese 溫.

温度 (Japanese): temperature

Definitions

  1. temperature

Ancestry of “温度”, step by step

温度 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 温

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese温—
2Middle Chinese溫—

via Japanese 度

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese度time; whenever; time; degree of an angle

Words derived from “温度”

Every word from Middle Chinese 溫 →Every word from Chinese 温 →