Where does “원(圓)” come from?
원(圓) (Korean) comes from English won, from Korean 원, from English One, from Middle English on, from Old English on, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana — on, onto.
Ancestry of “원(圓)”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | won | simple past tense and past participle of win; To... |
| 2 | Korean | 원 | won; the official currency of South Korea, sign =... |
| 3 | English | One | The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number |
| 4 | Middle English | on | on, in; on; Alternative form of oon |
| 5 | Old English | on | on, in, at, among; from |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |