Where does “肉食動物” come from?

肉食動物 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 動物, from Middle Chinese 動物.

肉食動物 (Japanese): A carnivore

Definitions

  1. A carnivore

Ancestry of “肉食動物”, step by step

肉食動物 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 動物

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese動物animal
2Middle Chinese動物—

via Japanese 肉食

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese肉食flesh eating
Every word from Middle Chinese 動物 →Every word from Japanese 動物 →