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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 마스크 | mask |
| 2 | English | mask | A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for... |
| 3 | Middle French | masque | mask |
| 4 | Italian | maschera | mask; surface, fiction; cinema attendant |
| 5 | Latin | masca | witch, hag; spectre; nightmare; mask |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *maskā | mesh, net |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | maskwǭ | loop, knot; mesh, netting; mesh used as a filter,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mozgo- | netting, mesh, knot, loop |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mezgʷ- | to knit, tie, make a loop; to knit, tie; to knit,... |