Where does “요즈음” come from?
요즈음 (Korean) comes from Korean 요, from Korean 이, from English E, from Old English E, from Latin E, from Etruscan 𐌄, from Ancient Greek ε, from Phoenician 𐤄.
요즈음 (Korean): today; the present
Definitions
- today; the present
Ancestry of “요즈음”, step by step
요즈음 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Korean 요
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 요 | The sentence-final particle for verbs and... |
| 2 | Korean | 이 | this; this, this thing, this person; here |
| 3 | English | E | The ordinal number fifth, derived from this... |
| 4 | Old English | E | — |
| 5 | Latin | E | Scribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae |
| 6 | Etruscan | 𐌄 | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ε | Lower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was εἶ, later ἒ ψιλόν, and presently έψιλον. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by δ and foll |
| 8 | Phoenician | 𐤄 | that |
| 9 | Egyptian | 𓀠 | — |
via Middle Korean 즈음
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Korean | 즈음 | — |