Where does “그럴듯하다” come from?

그럴듯하다 (Korean) comes from Korean 듯, from Korean 듯이 — as, like, in the same way that.

그럴듯하다 (Korean): (to be) plausible

Definitions

  1. (to be) plausible

Ancestry of “그럴듯하다”, step by step

그럴듯하다 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreanas if; in a manner suggesting that; leaving it...
2Korean듯이as, like, in the same way that

via Korean ―하다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean―하다

via Korean [[그렇다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean[[그렇다
Every word from Korean 듯이