Where does “競技場” come from?

競技場 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 場, from Old Japanese 庭 — garden; ground; place where something is done;...

競技場 (Japanese): field, stadium, grounds

Definitions

  1. field, stadium, grounds

Ancestry of “競技場”, step by step

競技場 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesea place; a field; a flattened area used for...
2Old Japanesegarden; ground; place where something is done;...

via Japanese 競技

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese競技type of sport, discipline sports, sports in general
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