Where does “語彙素” come from?

語彙素 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 語彙, from Japanese 語, from Chinese 語.

語彙素 (Japanese): lexeme

Definitions

  1. lexeme

Ancestry of “語彙素”, step by step

語彙素 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 語彙

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese語彙vocabulary
2Japanese語a word, term; a proverb; language of, -ese, -ish
3Chinese語—

via Japanese 素

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese素raw material; bare; element
2Middle Chinese素—
Every word from Chinese 語 →Every word from Japanese 語 →Every word from Japanese 語彙 →