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 밥

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean밥cooked rice; food, meal; feed

via Korean 공기(空器)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean공기(空器)—
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