Where does “작용하다” come from?

작용하다 (Korean) comes from Korean ―하다.

작용하다 (Korean): To act on or affect something

Definitions

  1. To act on or affect something

Ancestry of “작용하다”, step by step

작용하다 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean ―하다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean―하다

via Korean 작용(作用)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean작용(作用)
Every word from Korean ―하다