Where does “芳香族” come from?

芳香族 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 族, from Middle Chinese 族.

芳香族 (Japanese): aromatic compounds

Definitions

  1. aromatic compounds

Ancestry of “芳香族”, step by step

芳香族 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 族

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese族a group; a tribe
2Middle Chinese族—

via Japanese 芳香

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese芳香perfume, aroma
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