Where does “제격” come from?

제격 (Korean) comes from Korean 제, from Chinese 劑.

제격 (Korean): one's proper standard, the right fit

Definitions

  1. one's proper standard, the right fit

Ancestry of “제격”, step by step

제격 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreanallomorph of
2Chinese

via Korean 격(格)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean격(格)
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