Where does “海水浴場” come from?

海水浴場 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 海水, from Japanese 水, from Old Japanese 水, from Proto-Japonic *mentu — water.

海水浴場 (Japanese): swimming beach, bathing resort, seaside resort

Definitions

  1. swimming beach, bathing resort, seaside resort

Ancestry of “海水浴場”, step by step

海水浴場 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 海水

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese海水seawater
2Japanese水water; drinking water; a fluid, liquid
3Old Japanese水water
4Proto-Japonic*mentuwater

via Japanese 浴場

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese浴場bathtub
Every word from Proto-Japonic *mentu →Every word from Old Japanese 水 →Every word from Japanese 水 →