Where does “똥파리” come from?
똥파리 (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.
똥파리 (Korean): yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)
Definitions
- yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)
Ancestry of “똥파리”, step by step
똥파리 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Korean 파리
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 파리 | fly |
| 2 | French | paris | plural of pari |
| 3 | French | patrice | patrician |
| 4 | Latin | Pātricius | patrician, noble |
| 5 | Latin | -icius | -itious |
| 6 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |