Where does “없애버리다” come from?

없애버리다 (Korean) comes from Korean 없애다, from Korean 없다, from Middle Korean 없다.

없애버리다 (Korean): to get rid of, to annihilate

Definitions

  1. to get rid of, to annihilate

Ancestry of “없애버리다”, step by step

없애버리다 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 없애다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean없애다to eliminate; to kill
2Korean없다to have none; lacking; nonexistent; to die
3Middle Korean없다—

via Korean 버리다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean버리다to throw away (a thing), to abandon (a person)
Every word from Middle Korean 없다 →Every word from Korean 없다 →Every word from Korean 없애다 →