Where does “第一次産業” come from?

第一次産業 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 次, from Japanese 次ぐ — come after, continue after something, follow, be...

第一次産業 (Japanese): primary sector; primary industry

Definitions

  1. primary sector; primary industry

Ancestry of “第一次産業”, step by step

第一次産業 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseorder, sequence; the next, secondary, vice-;...
2Japanese次ぐcome after, continue after something, follow, be...

via Japanese 産業

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese産業industry

via Japanese 第一

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese第一first; foremost; number one
Every word from Japanese 次ぐEvery word from Japanese