Where does “사탕수수” come from?

사탕수수 (Korean) comes from Korean 수수 — sorghum.

사탕수수 (Korean): sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum)

Definitions

  1. sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum)

Ancestry of “사탕수수”, step by step

사탕수수 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 수수

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean수수sorghum

via Korean 사탕(砂糖)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean사탕(砂糖)
Every word from Korean 수수