Where does “밥조개” come from?

밥조개 (Korean) comes from Korean 밥 — cooked rice; food, meal; feed.

밥조개 (Korean): scallop

Definitions

  1. scallop

Ancestry of “밥조개”, step by step

밥조개 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreancooked rice; food, meal; feed

via Korean 조개

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean조개molluscan shellfish
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