Where does “그림책” come from?

그림책 (Korean) comes from Korean 책, from Chinese 冊.

그림책 (Korean): picture book

Definitions

  1. picture book

Ancestry of “그림책”, step by step

그림책 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 책

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean책book
2Chinese冊—

via Korean 그림

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean그림picture, drawing, painting, sketch; beautiful...
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