The story
- English · derived fromline
- Korean · calque of형 라인
- English todayhyung line
Calque of Korean 형 라인 (hyeong rain), composed of 형(兄) (hyeong, “hyung; elder brother of a man”) and 라인 (rain, “members with a shared characteristic”), ultimately from English line. By surface analysis, hyung + line. Refer to 라인 (rain, “members with a shared characteristic”) for more information.
Words from the same roots
Englishline all →
lineunnie line
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.