Where does “간접화법” come from?

간접화법 (Korean) comes from Korean 간접, from Chinese 間接 — indirect.

간접화법 (Korean): indirect discourse

Definitions

  1. indirect discourse

Ancestry of “간접화법”, step by step

간접화법 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 간접

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean간접indirectness
2Chinese間接indirect

via Korean 화법

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean화법particular way of speaking; speech, as in...
2Middle Chinese法—
Every word from Chinese 間接 →Every word from Korean 간접 →