Where does “劇場” come from?

劇場 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 劇, from Middle Chinese 劇.

劇場 (Japanese): theater, playhouse

Definitions

  1. theater, playhouse

Ancestry of “劇場”, step by step

劇場 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 劇

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese劇play
2Middle Chinese劇—

via Japanese 場

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese場a place; a field; a flattened area used for...
2Old Japanese庭garden; ground; place where something is done;...

Words derived from “劇場”

Every word from Middle Chinese 劇 →Every word from Japanese 劇 →