Where does “가락지” come from?
가락지 (Korean) comes from Korean 지, from Middle Korean 디, from English Dee, from English do, from English ditto, from Italian ditto, from Italian detto, from Latin dictus — shoe.
가락지 (Korean): a twinned pair of rings; loop
Definitions
- a twinned pair of rings; loop
Ancestry of “가락지”, step by step
가락지 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Korean 지
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 지 | bamboo flute with five fingerholes, used in 아악(雅樂) |
| 2 | Middle Korean | 디 | — |
| 3 | English | Dee | River Dee |
| 4 | English | do | A syntactic marker |
| 5 | English | ditto | That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the... |
| 6 | Italian | ditto | — |
| 7 | Italian | detto | past participle of dire; past participle of... |
| 8 | Latin | dictus | said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been... |
| 9 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 10 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 11 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 12 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 13 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 14 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 15 | Latin | calceus | shoe |