Where does “공화국” come from?
공화국 (Korean) comes from Japanese 共和国, from Japanese 国, from Japanese 大国主, from Japanese 大, from Old Japanese 大, from Proto-Japonic əpə — big, large; many.
공화국 (Korean): republic; Short for 조선민주주의인민공화국
Definitions
- republic; Short for 조선민주주의인민공화국
Ancestry of “공화국”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 共和国 | republic |
| 2 | Japanese | 国 | a land, a large place; a country in general, a... |
| 3 | Japanese | 大国主 | — |
| 4 | Japanese | 大 | big, large; the large part of; arch- |
| 5 | Old Japanese | 大 | big, large; large |
| 6 | Proto-Japonic | əpə | big, large; many |