Where does “量子色力学” come from?

量子色力学 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 色力学, from Japanese 力学, from Japanese 力, from Middle Chinese 力 — strength, power.

量子色力学 (Japanese): quantum chromodynamics

Definitions

  1. quantum chromodynamics

Ancestry of “量子色力学”, step by step

量子色力学 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 色力学

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese色力学chromodynamics
2Japanese力学mechanics
3Japanese力strength; power; force; force; ability; capacity
4Middle Chinese力strength, power

via Japanese 量子

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese量子quantum
Every word from Middle Chinese 力 →Every word from Japanese 力 →Every word from Japanese 力学 →