Where does “青銅器時代” come from?

青銅器時代 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 青銅器, from Japanese 器, from Middle Chinese 器.

青銅器時代 (Japanese): the Bronze Age

Definitions

  1. the Bronze Age

Ancestry of “青銅器時代”, step by step

青銅器時代 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 青銅器

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese青銅器bronzeware
2Japanese器device; instrument; container, vessel; a tool, a...
3Middle Chinese器—

via Japanese 時代

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese時代age, era, period; the times, spirit of the age;...
Every word from Middle Chinese 器 →Every word from Japanese 器 →Every word from Japanese 青銅器 →