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Where does “고춧가루” come from?

고춧가루 (Korean) comes from Korean -ㅅ-, from Old Korean 叱 — Genitive case marker, chiefly for inanimate nouns.

Ancestry of “고춧가루”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean-ㅅ-—
2Old Korean叱Genitive case marker, chiefly for inanimate nouns
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