Where does “정상위” come from?

정상위 (Korean) comes from Japanese 正常位, from Japanese 位, from Middle Chinese 位.

정상위 (Korean): missionary position

Definitions

  1. missionary position

Ancestry of “정상위”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese正常位missionary position
2Japanese位rank; position; degree, rank
3Middle Chinese位—
Every word from Middle Chinese 位 →Every word from Japanese 位 →Every word from Japanese 正常位 →