Where does “食物連鎖” come from?

食物連鎖 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 食物, from Middle Chinese 食物.

食物連鎖 (Japanese): a food chain

Definitions

  1. a food chain

Ancestry of “食物連鎖”, step by step

食物連鎖 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 連鎖

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese連鎖a chain; a connection of things to one another;...
2Chinese連鎖chain; linked together
Every word from Middle Chinese 食物 →Every word from Japanese 食物 →