Where does “物理学” come from?
物理学 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 学, from Middle Chinese 學.
物理学 (Japanese): physics
Ancestry of “物理学”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 学 | scholarship; learning; knowledge; -ology; -ics;... |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 學 | — |