Where does “사이트” come from?
사이트 (Korean) comes from English site, from Middle English site, from Anglo-Norman site, from Latin situs, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
사이트 (Korean): site, website
Definitions
- site, website
Ancestry of “사이트”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | site | Sorrow, grief; The place where anything is fixed;... |
| 2 | Middle English | site | sorrow, grief |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | site | site; location |
| 4 | Latin | situs | permitted, allowed, suffered, having been... |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |