Where does “iac” come from?
iac (Romanian) comes from French yack, from English yak, from Korean 약, from Japanese 役, from Middle Chinese 役.
iac (Romanian): yak
Ancestry of “iac”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | yack | yak |
| 2 | English | yak | An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas,... |
| 3 | Korean | 약 | drug; medicine; approximately; about; an ancient... |
| 4 | Japanese | 役 | role, service, use; hand, scoring combination;... |
| 5 | Middle Chinese | 役 | — |