Where does “早慶” come from?

早慶 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 早稲田, from Japanese 田, from Japanese 熊田 — Kumada (neighborhoods in Japan).

早慶 (Japanese): Waseda University and/vs. Keio University

Definitions

  1. Waseda University and/vs. Keio University

Ancestry of “早慶”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese早稲田a paddy of early-ripening rice
2Japanese田rice paddy; cultivated field
3Japanese熊田Kumada (neighborhoods in Japan)
Every word from Japanese 熊田 →Every word from Japanese 田 →Every word from Japanese 早稲田 →