Where does “Samsung” come from?
Samsung is the English name for the Korean company 삼성, whose name combines the Korean morphemes meaning "three" and "star."
Samsung (English): A phone manufactured by the South Korean...
Definitions
- A phone manufactured by the South Korean...
Ancestry of “Samsung”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Korean | 삼성 | To introspect three times daily |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 성 | — |
| 3 | Japanese | 性 | the nature of something; sex, gender; gender |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 性 | — |