Where does “재벌” come from?
재벌 (Korean) comes from Chinese 財閥, from Japanese ざいばつ — 財閥 zaibatsu.
재벌 (Korean): chaebol/jaebol, zaibatsu
Ancestry of “재벌”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Chinese | 財閥 | zaibatsu; chaebol; jaebol ; plutocracy; plutocrat |
| 2 | Japanese | ざいばつ | 財閥 zaibatsu |