Where does “고속버스” come from?

고속버스 (Korean) comes from Korean 버스, from English bus, from English omnibus, from French omnibus, from Latin omnibus, from Latin omnis, from Proto-Italic opnis, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ep-ni-s — to work, toil, make; ability, force.

고속버스 (Korean): express bus

Definitions

  1. express bus

Ancestry of “고속버스”, step by step

고속버스 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 버스

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean버스bus
2EnglishbusA motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of...
3EnglishomnibusA vehicle set up to carry many people; An...
4FrenchomnibusPertaining to a local; omnibus, bus
5Latinomnibusdative masculine plural of omnis; dative feminine...
6Latinomnisevery; all
7Proto-Italicopnisevery, all
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ep-ni-sworking
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ep-to work, toil, make; ability, force

via Korean 고속(高速)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean고속(高速)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ep-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ep-ni-sEvery word from Proto-Italic opnis