Where does “참다랑어” come from?

참다랑어 (Korean) comes from Korean 참 — truly; Good grief!; Oh, I just remembered.

참다랑어 (Korean): A bluefin tuna, particularly the Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)

Definitions

  1. A bluefin tuna, particularly the Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)

Ancestry of “참다랑어”, step by step

참다랑어 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Koreantruly; Good grief!; Oh, I just remembered

via Korean 다랑어

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean다랑어tuna
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