Where does “보라문어” come from?

보라문어 (Korean) comes from Korean 보라 — purple, violet.

보라문어 (Korean): common blanket octopus (Tremoctopus violaceus)

Definitions

  1. common blanket octopus (Tremoctopus violaceus)

Ancestry of “보라문어”, step by step

보라문어 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 보라

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean보라purple, violet

via Korean 문어(文魚)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean문어(文魚)
Every word from Korean 보라