Where does “D데이” come from?
D데이 (Korean) comes from English D-Day, from English D, from English dirham, from Arabic دِرْهَم, from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭, from Ancient Greek δραχμή, from Ancient Greek δράσσομαι, from Proto-Indo-European dreǵʰ- — to be unwilling, vexed.
D데이 (Korean): D-Day
Definitions
- D-Day
Ancestry of “D데이”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | D-Day | The date of any major event planned for the... |
| 2 | English | D | The ordinal number fourth, derived from this... |
| 3 | English | dirham | A unit of currency used in the Arab world,... |
| 4 | Arabic | دِرْهَم | — |
| 5 | Middle Persian | 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 | drachm |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δραχμή | drachma; drachm |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | δράσσομαι | to grasp, take handfuls; I hold, seize; to hold,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dreǵʰ- | to be unwilling, vexed |