Where does “참억새” come from?

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

참억새 (Korean): susuki grass (Miscanthus sinensis)

Definitions

  1. susuki grass (Miscanthus sinensis)

Ancestry of “참억새”, step by step

참억새 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean

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

via Korean 억새

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean억새A variety of eulalia, particularly purple eulalia (Miscanthus sinensis var. purpurascens)
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