Where does “공항” come from?

공항 (Korean) comes from Japanese 空港, from Japanese 空, from Middle Chinese 空.

공항 (Korean): airport

Definitions

  1. airport

Ancestry of “공항”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese空港airport
2Japanese空the sky; something empty; ineffectual
3Middle Chinese空—

Words derived from “공항”

Every word from Middle Chinese 空 →Every word from Japanese 空 →Every word from Japanese 空港 →