Where does “過敏症” come from?

過敏症 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 症, from Middle Chinese 症.

過敏症 (Japanese): hypersensitivity, an allergy

Definitions

  1. hypersensitivity, an allergy

Ancestry of “過敏症”, step by step

過敏症 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 症

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese症"attached to the names of conditions"
2Middle Chinese症—

via Japanese 過敏

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese過敏oversensitivity
Every word from Middle Chinese 症 →Every word from Japanese 症 →