Where does “갉아먹다” come from?

갉아먹다 (Korean) comes from Korean 먹다 — to eat, drink, have, consume food or liquid.

갉아먹다 (Korean): to extort, exploit

Definitions

  1. to extort, exploit

Ancestry of “갉아먹다”, step by step

갉아먹다 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 먹다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean먹다to eat, drink, have, consume food or liquid

via Korean 갉다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean갉다to gnaw (at); to nibble (at)
Every word from Korean 먹다