🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

민족적 배경

Pronunciation / Transliteration: minjokjeok baegyeong

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Ethnic origin/ˈɛθ.nɪk ˈɔːr.ɪ.dʒɪn/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"이 설문조사는 민족적 배경을 묻습니다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The racial, national, or cultural background to which a person or their ancestors belong.

    "The census form asks respondents to state their ethnic origin."
  2. 2

    A person's lineage or ancestral heritage linked to a specific cultural or linguistic group.

    "Despite growing up abroad, she maintains a strong connection to her ethnic origin."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'ethnic', derived from the Ancient Greek 'ethnikos' (national, heathen) based on 'ethnos' (people, nation), and 'origin', derived from the Latin 'origo' (beginning, source, descent). Together, the phrase gained prominence in sociology, law, and demographics during the 20th century to describe ancestral and cultural roots.

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