Where does “虫眼鏡” come from?

虫眼鏡 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 眼鏡, from Japanese 目, from Middle Chinese 目.

虫眼鏡 (Japanese): a magnifying glass; a microscope; the lowest rank...

Definitions

  1. a magnifying glass; a microscope; the lowest rank...

Ancestry of “虫眼鏡”, step by step

虫眼鏡 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 眼鏡

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese眼鏡glasses, eyeglasses
2Japanese目an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
3Middle Chinese目—

via Japanese 虫

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese虫a bug, insect, worm; a serpent, snake; a worm
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