Where does “第二次産業” come from?

第二次産業 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 次, from Japanese 次ぐ — come after, continue after something, follow, be...

第二次産業 (Japanese): secondary sector; secondary industry

Definitions

  1. secondary sector; secondary industry

Ancestry of “第二次産業”, step by step

第二次産業 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 第二

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese第二second, number two
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