Where does “관점” come from?

관점 (Korean) comes from Japanese 観点, from Japanese 点, from Middle Chinese 點 — mark, spot; dot, mark.

관점 (Korean): standpoint, point of view

Definitions

  1. standpoint, point of view

Ancestry of “관점”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese観点a viewpoint; a point of view
2Japanese点spot, dot; score, grade, mark; point
3Middle Chinese點mark, spot; dot, mark
Every word from Middle Chinese 點 →Every word from Japanese 点 →Every word from Japanese 観点 →