Where does “노동조합” come from?

노동조합 (Korean) comes from Korean 노동, from Japanese 労働, from Middle Chinese 勞動.

노동조합 (Korean): trade union

Definitions

  1. trade union

Ancestry of “노동조합”, step by step

노동조합 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 노동

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean노동labor, especially industrial
2Japanese労働labor; labour; perform work, labor
3Middle Chinese勞動—

via Korean 조합

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean조합association; union; combination
2Japanese組合a group of people with common objectives and...
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