Where does “頸椎” come from?

頸椎 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 椎 — any tree of the genus "Castanopsis".

頸椎 (Japanese): a cervical vertebra

Definitions

  1. a cervical vertebra

Ancestry of “頸椎”, step by step

頸椎 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 椎

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese椎any tree of the genus "Castanopsis"

via Japanese 頸

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