Where does “遺伝学” come from?

遺伝学 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 学, from Middle Chinese 學.

遺伝学 (Japanese): genetics

Definitions

  1. genetics

Ancestry of “遺伝学”, step by step

遺伝学 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 学

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese学scholarship; learning; knowledge; -ology; -ics;...
2Middle Chinese學—

via Japanese 遺伝

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese遺伝genetic; genetics

Words derived from “遺伝学”

Every word from Middle Chinese 學 →Every word from Japanese 学 →