Where does “마기꾼” come from?

마기꾼 (Korean) comes from Korean 마스크, from English mask, from Middle French masque, from Italian maschera, from Latin masca, from Proto-West Germanic *maskā, from Proto-Germanic maskwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European mozgo- — to knit, tie, make a loop; to knit, tie; to knit,...

마기꾼 (Korean): a person who looks much better when wearing a facemask

Definitions

  1. a person who looks much better when wearing a facemask

Ancestry of “마기꾼”, step by step

마기꾼 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 마스크

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean마스크mask
2EnglishmaskA cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for...
3Middle Frenchmasquemask
4Italianmascheramask; surface, fiction; cinema attendant
5Latinmascawitch, hag; spectre; nightmare; mask
6Proto-West Germanic*maskāmesh, net
7Proto-Germanicmaskwǭloop, knot; mesh, netting; mesh used as a filter,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmozgo-netting, mesh, knot, loop
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmezgʷ-to knit, tie, make a loop; to knit, tie; to knit,...

via Korean 사기꾼

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean사기꾼a swindler, a cheat
2Korean-꾼an agent suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mezgʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European mozgo-Every word from Proto-Germanic maskwǭ