Where does “무지개” come from?
무지개 (Korean) comes from Korean 지게, from Korean 지, from Middle Korean 디, from English Dee, from English do, from English ditto, from Italian ditto, from Italian detto — asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
무지개 (Korean): rainbow
Definitions
- rainbow
Ancestry of “무지개”, step by step
무지개 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Korean 지게
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 지게 | A traditional Korean carrying frame in the shape of the letter A |
| 2 | Korean | 지 | bamboo flute with five fingerholes, used in 아악(雅樂) |
| 3 | Middle Korean | 디 | — |
| 4 | English | Dee | River Dee |
| 5 | English | do | A syntactic marker |
| 6 | English | ditto | That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the... |
| 7 | Italian | ditto | — |
| 8 | Italian | detto | past participle of dire; past participle of... |
| 9 | Latin | dictus | said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been... |
| 10 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 11 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 12 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 13 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 14 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 15 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
via Korean 물
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 물 | water, a liquid widely distributed in the natural... |
via Korean 송어
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 송어 | The river salmon, "Onchorhynchus masou masou" |