Where does “하루아침” come from?

하루아침 (Korean) comes from Korean 하루 — a day, 24 hours; daytime.

하루아침 (Korean): short amount of time

Definitions

  1. short amount of time

Ancestry of “하루아침”, step by step

하루아침 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 하루

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean하루a day, 24 hours; daytime

via Korean 아침

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean아침morning
Every word from Korean 하루