Where does “웃음거리” come from?

웃음거리 (Korean) comes from Korean 거리, from Chinese 距離 — distance; to be apart.

웃음거리 (Korean): laughing stock

Definitions

  1. laughing stock

Ancestry of “웃음거리”, step by step

웃음거리 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 거리

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean거리road, street; a component ceremony of a "gut"...
2Chinese距離distance; to be apart

via Korean 웃음

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean웃음laughter; a smile
2Korean웃다to grin or laugh; to laugh off, deride, dismiss
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