Where does “墓地” come from?

墓地 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 地, from Middle Chinese 地.

墓地 (Japanese): a cemetery, a graveyard

Definitions

  1. a cemetery, a graveyard

Ancestry of “墓地”, step by step

墓地 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 地

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese地earth, dirt; fabric, cloth; territory
2Middle Chinese地—

via Japanese 墓

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese墓a grave, a tomb
2Middle Chinese墓grave, tomb
Every word from Middle Chinese 地 →Every word from Japanese 地 →