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Definition 2024


語源

語源

See also: 语源

Chinese

 
dialect; language; speech; tell to
root; source; origin
trad. (語源)
simp. (语源)

Noun

語源

  1. etymology; derivation

See also

Derived terms


Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
げん
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

語源 (hiragana ごげん, romaji gogen)

  1. etymology (the origin of a word)

Compounds

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

語源 (eowon) (hangeul 어원)

  1. Hanja form? of 어원, “etymology”.