Where does “공깃밥” come from?

공깃밥 (Korean) comes from Korean 밥 — cooked rice; food, meal; feed.

공깃밥 (Korean): rice in an empty bowl

Definitions

  1. rice in an empty bowl

Ancestry of “공깃밥”, step by step

공깃밥 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreancooked rice; food, meal; feed

via Korean 공기(空器)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean공기(空器)
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