Where does “파고다” come from?
파고다 (Korean) comes from English pagoda, from Portuguese pagode, from Malayalam പകോതി, from Sanskrit भगवती — goddess.
파고다 (Korean): pagoda
Ancestry of “파고다”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | pagoda | A religious building in South and Southeast Asia,... |
| 2 | Portuguese | pagode | a subgenre of samba music; pagoda; spree |
| 3 | Malayalam | പകോതി | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | भगवती | goddess |