Where does “오므라이스” come from?
오므라이스 (Korean) comes from Japanese オムライス, from Japanese オムレツ, from French omelette, from French alemette, from French alemelle, from Latin lāmella, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
오므라이스 (Korean): omurice rice omelette
Definitions
- omurice rice omelette
Ancestry of “오므라이스”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | オムライス | omurice: an omelette filled with fried rice,... |
| 2 | Japanese | オムレツ | omelette |
| 3 | French | omelette | omelette |
| 4 | French | alemette | — |
| 5 | French | alemelle | knife blade |
| 6 | Latin | lāmella | A small, thin plate of metal |
| 7 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |