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 겉

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean겉surface, the outside

via Korean 치레

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean치레—
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