Where does “電気光学” come from?

電気光学 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 光学, from Japanese 光, from Japanese 光る — to shine, gleam, glitter; to shine, stand out, be...

電気光学 (Japanese): electrooptics

Definitions

  1. electrooptics

Ancestry of “電気光学”, step by step

電気光学 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 光学

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese光学optics
2Japanese光a physically perceived light; a metaphorical...
3Japanese光るto shine, gleam, glitter; to shine, stand out, be...

via Japanese 電気

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese電気electricity; electric light
2Chinese電氣electricity; electrical power
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