Where does “부장님 개그” come from?

부장님 개그 (Korean) comes from Korean 개그, from English gag, from Middle English gaggen.

부장님 개그 (Korean): dad joke

Definitions

  1. dad joke

Ancestry of “부장님 개그”, step by step

부장님 개그 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 개그

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean개그joke
2EnglishgagA device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the...
3Middle Englishgaggen—

via Korean 부장(部長)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean부장(部長)—
Every word from Middle English gaggen →Every word from English gag →Every word from Korean 개그 →