Where does “وون” come from?
وون (Persian) comes from French won, from Korean 원(圓), from English won, from Korean 원, from English One, from Middle English on, from Old English on, from Proto-West Germanic ana — on, onto.
وون (Persian): won (Korean currency)
Definitions
- won (Korean currency)
Ancestry of “وون”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | won | won unit of currency |
| 2 | Korean | 원(圓) | — |
| 3 | English | won | simple past tense and past participle of win; To... |
| 4 | Korean | 원 | won; the official currency of South Korea, sign =... |
| 5 | English | One | The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number |
| 6 | Middle English | on | on, in; on; Alternative form of oon |
| 7 | Old English | on | on, in, at, among; from |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |