Where does “지우개 가루” come from?

지우개 가루 (Korean) comes from Korean 지우개, from Korean -개 — Attaches to verbal stems to derive agentive nouns.

지우개 가루 (Korean): eraser dust

Definitions

  1. eraser dust

Ancestry of “지우개 가루”, step by step

지우개 가루 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 지우개

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean지우개eraser, rubber
2Korean-개Attaches to verbal stems to derive agentive nouns

via Korean 가루

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean가루meal, flour (of wheat, etc.); powder
2Middle Koreanᄀᆞᆯㅇ—
Every word from Korean -개 →
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