Where does “원말” come from?

원말 (Korean) comes from Korean 말, from Chinese 末.

원말 (Korean): original word

Definitions

  1. original word

Ancestry of “원말”, step by step

원말 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 말

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean말word, speech, language; horse; sawhorse
2Chinese末—

via Korean 원(原/元)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean원(原/元)—
Every word from Chinese 末 →