Where does “電気工学” come from?

電気工学 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 電気, from Chinese 電氣 — electricity; electrical power.

電気工学 (Japanese): electrical engineering

Definitions

  1. electrical engineering

Ancestry of “電気工学”, step by step

電気工学 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 電気

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

via Japanese 工学

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese工学engineering
Every word from Chinese 電氣 →Every word from Japanese 電気 →