Where does “翼状” come from?

翼状 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 翼, from Middle Chinese 翼.

翼状 (Japanese): the state of being like a wing; wing-likeness, alar-ness, alary-ness, pterygoid-ness, etc

Definitions

  1. the state of being like a wing; wing-likeness, alar-ness, alary-ness, pterygoid-ness, etc

Ancestry of “翼状”, step by step

翼状 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 翼

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese翼a wing; a bird; an airfoil, wing
2Middle Chinese翼—

via Translingual 状

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingual状—
Every word from Middle Chinese 翼 →Every word from Japanese 翼 →