Where does “錐体細胞” come from?

錐体細胞 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 錐体, from Japanese 体, from Middle Chinese 體.

錐体細胞 (Japanese): a cone cell

Definitions

  1. a cone cell

Ancestry of “錐体細胞”, step by step

錐体細胞 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 錐体

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese錐体either a cone or a pyramid
2Japanese体In general: the body, e.g. of a human or animal;...
3Middle Chinese體—

via Japanese 細胞

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese細胞a cell
Every word from Middle Chinese 體 →Every word from Japanese 体 →Every word from Japanese 錐体 →