Where does “超現実的” come from?

超現実的 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 現実的, from Japanese 現実, from Middle Chinese 現實.

超現実的 (Japanese): surreal, surrealist, surrealistic

Definitions

  1. surreal, surrealist, surrealistic

Ancestry of “超現実的”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese現実的pragmatic, down-to-earth
2Japanese現実reality
3Middle Chinese現實—
Every word from Middle Chinese 現實 →Every word from Japanese 現実 →Every word from Japanese 現実的 →