Where does “밉다” come from?

밉다 (Korean) comes from Middle Korean -우-, from Old Korean 乎.

밉다 (Korean): (to be) unpleasant, to dislike

Definitions

  1. (to be) unpleasant, to dislike

Ancestry of “밉다”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Korean-우-A very common verbal suffix in fifteenth-century Middle Korean, sometimes called the "modulator" in English
2Old Korean乎—
Every word from Old Korean 乎 →Every word from Middle Korean -우- →