Where does “언어학” come from?

언어학 (Korean) comes from Chinese 言語學 — linguistics.

언어학 (Korean): linguistics

Definitions

  1. linguistics

Ancestry of “언어학”, step by step

언어학 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 言語學

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese言語學linguistics

via Middle Chinese

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1Middle Chinese
Every word from Chinese 言語學