Where does “오프라인” come from?

오프라인 (Korean) comes from English offline, from English line, from Middle English line, from Old English līne, from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic līnǭ, from Proto-Germanic līną, from Proto-Indo-European līno- — flax.

오프라인 (Korean): being offline

Definitions

  1. being offline

Ancestry of “오프라인”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishofflineOf a system, currently not connected to a larger...
2EnglishlineA path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight
3Middle Englishlinerope, cord; line, rule, ruler, measure; rule,...
4Old Englishlīneline, rope, cord; line, cable, rope, hawser,...
5Proto-West Germanic*līnāline, chord, rope, string
6Proto-Germaniclīnǭthat which is made of flax; line, chord, rope,...
7Proto-Germaniclīnąflax
8Proto-Indo-Europeanlīno-flax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līno-
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