Where does “맛집” come from?

맛집 (Korean) comes from Korean 집, from Chinese 集.

맛집 (Korean): delicious restaurant

Definitions

  1. delicious restaurant

Ancestry of “맛집”, step by step

맛집 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreanhome; house; household; sheath, case
2Chinese

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreantaste, flavor; taste, relish, zest; experience,...
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