Where does “아기씨” come from?
아기씨 (Korean) comes from Korean -씨, from Korean —이, from Middle Korean 이 — person.
Ancestry of “아기씨”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Korean | -씨 | Indicating a surname itself or the lineage or member of the surname |
| 2 | Korean | —이 | For non-honorific nouns ending in consonants, the nominative case particle marking it as the subject of a verb or adjective; see also Usage Notes |
| 3 | Middle Korean | 이 | person |