Where does “植民地” come from?

植民地 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 地, from Middle Chinese 地.

植民地 (Japanese): a colony

Definitions

  1. a colony

Ancestry of “植民地”, step by step

植民地 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 地

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

via Japanese 植民

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese植民colonization; a colonist; colonize
Every word from Middle Chinese 地 →Every word from Japanese 地 →
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