Where does “旧帝大学” come from?

旧帝大学 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 旧, from Japanese 人, from Proto-Japonic *pitə — one.

旧帝大学 (Japanese): Former Imperial Universities

Definitions

  1. Former Imperial Universities

Ancestry of “旧帝大学”, step by step

旧帝大学 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 旧

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese旧old things, original state, former state, old...
2Japanese人a person, human; an individual; mankind, people
3Proto-Japonic*pitəone

via Japanese 大学

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

via Japanese 帝

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese帝mikado; emperor
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pitə →Every word from Japanese 人 →Every word from Japanese 旧 →
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