Where does “아시아인” come from?

아시아인 (Korean) comes from Korean 아시아, from English Asia, from Middle English Asia, from Latin Āsia, from Ancient Greek Ἀσία, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊, from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿 — northwest Anatolia.

아시아인 (Korean): Asian

Definitions

  1. Asian

Ancestry of “아시아인”, step by step

아시아인 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 아시아

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean아시아
2EnglishAsiaA daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius
3Middle EnglishAsia
4LatinĀsiaA kind of rye
5Ancient GreekἈσίαAsia Minor; Asia; Asia
6Mycenaean Greek𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊an ethnonym for a Lydian; an epithet of the...
7Hittite𒀸𒋗𒉿northwest Anatolia

via Korean 인(人)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean인(人)
Every word from Hittite 𒀸𒋗𒉿Every word from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊Every word from Ancient Greek Ἀσία