Where does “문화” come from?
문화 (Korean) comes from Chinese 文化, from Japanese 文化, from Middle Chinese 文化, from Middle Chinese 語.
문화 (Korean): culture, civilization
Ancestry of “문화”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Chinese | 文化 | culture; education; literacy; education through... |
| 2 | Japanese | 文化 | culture |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 文化 | the way of educating by using morality,... |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 語 | — |