Where does “사생팬” come from?
사생팬 (Korean) comes from Korean 팬, from English PAN, from English pantograph, from French pantographe, from French -graphe, from Latin -graphus, from Ancient Greek -γράφος, from Ancient Greek γράφω — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
사생팬 (Korean): Sasaeng fan: an over-obsessive fan of public...
Definitions
- Sasaeng fan: an over-obsessive fan of public...
Ancestry of “사생팬”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Korean | 팬 | fan; pan |
| 2 | English | PAN | Acronym of primary account number; Acronym of... |
| 3 | English | pantograph | A mechanical linkage based on parallelograms... |
| 4 | French | pantographe | pantograph |
| 5 | French | -graphe | -graph; -grapher |
| 6 | Latin | -graphus | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -γράφος | writer, painter |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into; to draw ,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |