Where does “왕바랭이” come from?

왕바랭이 (Korean) comes from Korean 왕 — king.

왕바랭이 (Korean): Indian goosegrass (Eleusine indica)

Definitions

  1. Indian goosegrass (Eleusine indica)

Ancestry of “왕바랭이”, step by step

왕바랭이 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 왕

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean왕king

via Korean 바랭이

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean바랭이crabgrass
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