Korean

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɘ(ː)wʌ̹nɦa̠k̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • 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

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어원학 (eowonhak) (hanja 語源學)

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