Where does “燐酸肥料” come from?

燐酸肥料 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 燐酸, from Japanese 酸, from Middle Chinese 酸.

燐酸肥料 (Japanese): phosphate fertiliser

Definitions

  1. phosphate fertiliser

Ancestry of “燐酸肥料”, step by step

燐酸肥料 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 燐酸

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese燐酸phosphoric acid
2Japanese酸sourness; acid; Alternative spelling of 酢
3Middle Chinese酸—

via Japanese 肥料

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese肥料fertilizer; manure
Every word from Middle Chinese 酸 →Every word from Japanese 酸 →Every word from Japanese 燐酸 →