Where does “기름지다” come from?

기름지다 (Korean) comes from Korean 기름 — oil.

기름지다 (Korean): greasy

Definitions

  1. greasy

Ancestry of “기름지다”, step by step

기름지다 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 기름

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean기름oil

via Korean —지다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean—지다
Every word from Korean 기름