🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

기원

Pronunciation / Transliteration: giwon

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Origin/ˈɔːrɪdʒɪn/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"이 언어의 기원은 고대까지 거슬러 올라간다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The point or place where something begins, arises, or is derived.

    "The exact origin of the custom remains unknown."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: from Old French origine, from Latin origo, origin-, from oriri 'rise, arise'.

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