Where does “野球場” come from?

野球場 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 野球, from Japanese 野, from Middle Chinese 野.

野球場 (Japanese): baseball ground; baseball stadium

Definitions

  1. baseball ground; baseball stadium

Ancestry of “野球場”, step by step

野球場 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 野球

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese野球baseball; a baseball
2Japanese野an area, field; the hidden part of a structure;...
3Middle Chinese野—

via Japanese 場

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese場a place; a field; a flattened area used for...
2Old Japanese庭garden; ground; place where something is done;...
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