어원학

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 語源學, from 語源 (“etymology”) + 學 (“study”), from an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 語源学 (gogengaku).

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɘ(ː)wʌ̹nɦa̠k̚]
    • Phonetic hangul: [어(ː)원학]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?eowonhak
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?eowonhag
    McCune–Reischauer?ŏwŏnhak
    Yale Romanization?ēwen.hak

    Noun

    어원학 • (eowonhak) (hanja 語源學)

    1. etymology (study of the historical development of languages, particularly of individual words)
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