Where does “중국집” come from?

중국집 (Korean) comes from Korean 집, from Chinese 集.

중국집 (Korean): Chinese restaurant

Definitions

  1. Chinese restaurant

Ancestry of “중국집”, step by step

중국집 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 집

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean집home; house; household; sheath, case
2Chinese集—

via Korean ^중국(中國)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean^중국(中國)—
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