Where does “帝国大学” come from?

帝国大学 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 大学, from Middle Chinese だいがく.

帝国大学 (Japanese): universities of the Empire of Japan

Definitions

  1. universities of the Empire of Japan

Ancestry of “帝国大学”, step by step

帝国大学 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 大学

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese大学a university; a college
2Middle Chineseだいがく—

via Japanese 帝国

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese帝国empire
Every word from Middle Chinese だいがく →Every word from Japanese 大学 →