Where does “존재하다” come from?

존재하다 (Korean) comes from Korean ―하다.

존재하다 (Korean): to exist

Definitions

  1. to exist

Ancestry of “존재하다”, step by step

존재하다 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean ―하다

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean―하다

via Korean 존재(存在)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean존재(存在)
Every word from Korean ―하다