Where does “食物繊維” come from?

食物繊維 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 食物, from Middle Chinese 食物.

食物繊維 (Japanese): Dietary fibre (UK), dietary fiber (US)

Definitions

  1. Dietary fibre (UK), dietary fiber (US)

Ancestry of “食物繊維”, step by step

食物繊維 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 食物

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese食物food, foodstuff; food and drink; 食べ物 food in...
2Middle Chinese食物—

via Japanese 繊維

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese繊維fibre
Every word from Middle Chinese 食物 →Every word from Japanese 食物 →