Where does “번호부” come from?

번호부 (Korean) comes from Korean 부, from Korean 夫, from Chinese 夫, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan pʷa — male, father, third-person pronoun.

번호부 (Korean): directory, phone book

Definitions

  1. directory, phone book

Ancestry of “번호부”, step by step

번호부 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 부

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean부father; kettle; un-, non-, in-
2Korean夫—
3Chinese夫—
4Proto-Sino-Tibetanpʷamale, father, third-person pronoun

via Korean 번호

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean번호number
2Japanese番号number
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