Where does “어린이집” come from?
어린이집 (Korean) comes from Korean 어린이, from Korean 이, from English E, from Old English E, from Latin E, from Etruscan 𐌄, from Ancient Greek ε, from Phoenician 𐤄.
어린이집 (Korean): daycare; nursery
Definitions
- daycare; nursery
Ancestry of “어린이집”, step by step
어린이집 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Korean 어린이
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 어린이 | child |
| 2 | Korean | 이 | this; this, this thing, this person; here |
| 3 | English | E | The ordinal number fifth, derived from this... |
| 4 | Old English | E | — |
| 5 | Latin | E | Scribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae |
| 6 | Etruscan | 𐌄 | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ε | Lower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was εἶ, later ἒ ψιλόν, and presently έψιλον. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by δ and foll |
| 8 | Phoenician | 𐤄 | that |
| 9 | Egyptian | 𓀠 | — |