Where does “社会科学” come from?

社会科学 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 社会, from Middle Chinese 社會.

社会科学 (Japanese): social science

Definitions

  1. social science

Ancestry of “社会科学”, step by step

社会科学 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 社会

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese社会society; a class, a world of a certain group
2Middle Chinese社會—

via Japanese 科学

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese科学science; a field of study
Every word from Middle Chinese 社會 →Every word from Japanese 社会 →