Where does “기원” come from?

기원 (Korean) comes from Japanese 棋院, from Japanese 院 — Ex-emperor, ex-empress or entitled as...

기원 (Korean): origin

Definitions

  1. origin

Ancestry of “기원”, step by step

기원 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 棋院

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese棋院a go association
2Japanese院Ex-emperor, ex-empress or entitled as...

via Middle Chinese 起

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinese起—
Every word from Japanese 院 →Every word from Japanese 棋院 →