Where does “頬筋” come from?

頬筋 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 頬, from Japanese 列, from Middle Chinese 列.

頬筋 (Japanese): a buccinator

Definitions

  1. a buccinator

Ancestry of “頬筋”, step by step

頬筋 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 頬

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese頬cheek; the cheeks; the face
2Japanese列line, row; a column of a matrix
3Middle Chinese列—

via Japanese 筋

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese筋muscle; tendon; road
Every word from Middle Chinese 列 →Every word from Japanese 列 →Every word from Japanese 頬 →