Where does “統計力学” come from?

統計力学 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 力学, from Japanese 力, from Middle Chinese 力 — strength, power.

統計力学 (Japanese): statistical mechanics

Definitions

  1. statistical mechanics

Ancestry of “統計力学”, step by step

統計力学 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 力学

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese力学mechanics
2Japanese力strength; power; force; force; ability; capacity
3Middle Chinese力strength, power

via Japanese 統計

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese統計statistics
Every word from Middle Chinese 力 →Every word from Japanese 力 →Every word from Japanese 力学 →
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