Where does “지게문” come from?
지게문 (Korean) comes from Korean 지게, from Korean 지, from Middle Korean 디, from English Dee, from English do, from English ditto, from Italian ditto, from Italian detto — asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
Ancestry of “지게문”, step by step
지게문 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Korean 지게
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 지게 | A traditional Korean carrying frame in the shape of the letter A |
| 2 | Korean | 지 | bamboo flute with five fingerholes, used in 아악(雅樂) |
| 3 | Middle Korean | 디 | — |
| 4 | English | Dee | River Dee |
| 5 | English | do | A syntactic marker |
| 6 | English | ditto | That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the... |
| 7 | Italian | ditto | — |
| 8 | Italian | detto | past participle of dire; past participle of... |
| 9 | Latin | dictus | said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been... |
| 10 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 11 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 12 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 13 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 14 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 15 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
via Korean 문(門)
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 문(門) | — |