Where does “점수” come from?

점수 (Korean) comes from Middle Chinese 點 — mark, spot; dot, mark.

점수 (Korean): score; grade

Definitions

  1. score; grade

Ancestry of “점수”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chinesemark, spot; dot, mark
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