Where does “草地” come from?

草地 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 地, from Middle Chinese 地.

草地 (Japanese): grassland; lawn, meadow

Definitions

  1. grassland; lawn, meadow

Ancestry of “草地”, step by step

草地 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 地

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

via Japanese 草

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese草grass; a weed; a herb
2Middle Chinese草—
Every word from Middle Chinese 地 →Every word from Japanese 地 →