Where does “좋아요” come from?

좋아요 (Korean) comes from Korean -요, from Korean —이, from Middle Korean 이 — person.

좋아요 (Korean): like

Definitions

  1. like

Ancestry of “좋아요”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean-요A particle attached to
2Korean—이For non-honorific nouns ending in consonants, the nominative case particle marking it as the subject of a verb or adjective; see also Usage Notes
3Middle Korean이person

Words derived from “좋아요”

Every word from Middle Korean 이 →Every word from Korean —이 →Every word from Korean -요 →