Where does “고층살림집” come from?

고층살림집 (Korean) comes from Korean 집, from Chinese 集.

고층살림집 (Korean): apartment building, block of flats

Definitions

  1. apartment building, block of flats

Ancestry of “고층살림집”, step by step

고층살림집 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 집

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean집home; house; household; sheath, case
2Chinese集—

via Korean 살림

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean살림housekeeping

via Korean 고층

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean고층something of high-rise, multistory
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