Where does “발견” come from?

발견 (Korean) comes from Chinese 見, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ken — to see.

발견 (Korean): find; discovery

Definitions

  1. find; discovery

Ancestry of “발견”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese
2Proto-Sino-Tibetankento see
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan kenEvery word from Chinese