Where does “겉치레” come from?

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

겉치레 (Korean): decoration, adornment

Definitions

  1. decoration, adornment

Ancestry of “겉치레”, step by step

겉치레 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreansurface, the outside

via Korean 치레

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean치레
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