Where does “대합실” come from?

대합실 (Korean) comes from Japanese 待合室, from Japanese 室, from Middle Chinese 室.

대합실 (Korean): waiting room

Definitions

  1. waiting room

Ancestry of “대합실”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese待合室waiting room, waiting area
2Japanese室room
3Middle Chinese室—
Every word from Middle Chinese 室 →Every word from Japanese 室 →Every word from Japanese 待合室 →
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