Where does “회의소” come from?

회의소 (Korean) comes from Korean 소, from Chinese 小.

회의소 (Korean): meeting room

Definitions

  1. meeting room

Ancestry of “회의소”, step by step

회의소 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Korean 소

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean소cow; bull; ox; cattle; smallness; small things;...
2Chinese小—

via Korean 회의

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean회의a meeting; compound indicatives, one of the six...
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