Where does “чеболь” come from?

чеболь (Russian) comes from Korean 재벌, from Chinese 財閥, from Japanese ざいばつ — 財閥 zaibatsu.

чеболь (Russian): chaebol

Definitions

  1. chaebol

Ancestry of “чеболь”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean재벌chaebol/jaebol, zaibatsu
2Chinese財閥zaibatsu; chaebol; jaebol ; plutocracy; plutocrat
3Japaneseざいばつ財閥 zaibatsu
Every word from Japanese ざいばつ →Every word from Chinese 財閥 →Every word from Korean 재벌 →