Where does “나사” come from?

나사 (Korean) comes from English NASA — not used in North America.

나사 (Korean): screw

Definitions

  1. screw

Ancestry of “나사”, step by step

나사 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English NASA

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNASAnot used in North America

via Chinese 螺絲

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese螺絲screw
Every word from English NASA