Where does “눈팅” come from?

눈팅 (Korean) comes from Korean 채팅, from English chatting — present participle of chat; Talk; chatter.

눈팅 (Korean): lurking reading an Internet site without commenting or posting

Definitions

  1. lurking reading an Internet site without commenting or posting

Ancestry of “눈팅”, step by step

눈팅 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 채팅

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean채팅chat; chatting
2Englishchattingpresent participle of chat; Talk; chatter

via Korean 눈

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean눈eye; vision; bud
Every word from English chatting →Every word from Korean 채팅 →