Where does “날파리” come from?

날파리 (Korean) comes from Korean 파리, from French paris, from French patrice, from Latin Pātricius, from Latin -icius, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός — -y, -ic.

날파리 (Korean): mayfly (insect)

Definitions

  1. mayfly (insect)

Ancestry of “날파리”, step by step

날파리 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 파리

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean파리fly
2Frenchparisplural of pari
3Frenchpatricepatrician
4LatinPātriciuspatrician, noble
5Latin-icius-itious
6Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
7Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
8Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
9Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreanday, time; blade, edge; warp, the longitudinal...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱosEvery word from Ancient Greek -ικόςEvery word from Latin -icus