Etymology

jungseong

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Today it means: (in Korean or the hangul script) a vowel or diphthong in the syllable nucleus Full definition →

Korean 중성
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The story

  1. Korean · borrowed from중성“medial sound”
  2. English todayjungseong

Borrowed from Korean 중성 (jungseong, “medial sound”).

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