Where does “제구실” come from?
제구실 (Korean) comes from Korean 구실, from Korean 실, from English seal, from Middle English sel, from Anglo-Norman sëel, from Latin sigillum, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
Ancestry of “제구실”, step by step
제구실 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Korean 구실
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 구실 | duty, role |
| 2 | Korean | 실 | thread, string; a narrow thing, a thin object |
| 3 | English | seal | A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal |
| 4 | Middle English | sel | Good fortune, prosperity, luck |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | sëel | — |
| 6 | Latin | sigillum | figurine, statuette; seal |
| 7 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |