Where does “糖質” come from?

糖質 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 糖, from Middle Chinese 糖 — sugar.

糖質 (Japanese): saccharide; schizophrenia; schizophrene; person...

Definitions

  1. saccharide; schizophrenia; schizophrene; person...

Ancestry of “糖質”, step by step

糖質 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 糖

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese糖sugar
2Middle Chinese糖sugar

via Japanese 質

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese質quality; pawn
2Middle Chinese質—
Every word from Middle Chinese 糖 →Every word from Japanese 糖 →