Where does “石灰素” come from?

石灰素 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 石灰, from Japanese 石, from Middle Chinese 石.

石灰素 (Japanese): calcium, Ca

Definitions

  1. calcium, Ca

Ancestry of “石灰素”, step by step

石灰素 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 石灰

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese石灰lime
2Japanese石a stone; a transistor; a traditional Japanese...
3Middle Chinese石—

via Japanese 素

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese素raw material; bare; element
2Middle Chinese素—
Every word from Middle Chinese 石 →Every word from Japanese 石 →Every word from Japanese 石灰 →