Etymology

KIA

K5I1A1

Today it means: A person who is killed in action. Full definition →

Korean 기아 ← Latin Asia
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromAsia
  2. Korean · borrowed from기아
  3. English todayKia

From Korean 기아 (Kia), from 起 (ki, “to arise”) + 亞 (a), from 亞細亞 (asea, “Asia”), in turn from Latin Asia.

Words from the same roots

LatinAsia all →

Asia

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.