Where does “겉장” come from?

겉장 (Korean) comes from Korean 겉 — surface, the outside.

겉장 (Korean): cover (of a book), first page

Definitions

  1. cover (of a book), first page

Ancestry of “겉장”, step by step

겉장 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 겉

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean겉surface, the outside

via Korean 장(張)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean장(張)—
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