Where does “草食動物” come from?

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

草食動物 (Japanese): An herbivore

Definitions

  1. An herbivore

Ancestry of “草食動物”, step by step

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

via Japanese 動物

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese動物animal
2Middle Chinese動物—

via Japanese 草食

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese草食herbivore; to eat grass
Every word from Middle Chinese 動物 →Every word from Japanese 動物 →