Where does “現在地” come from?

現在地 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 地, from Middle Chinese 地.

現在地 (Japanese): present location, current location; "you are...

Definitions

  1. present location, current location; "you are...

Ancestry of “現在地”, step by step

現在地 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 地

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

via Japanese 現在

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese現在the present, now; now, at present
Every word from Middle Chinese 地 →Every word from Japanese 地 →