Etymology

kongguksu

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Today it means: A Korean dish that consists of noodles and soybeans. Full definition →

Korean 콩국수
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The story

  1. Korean · derived from콩“soybean”
  2. Korean · borrowed from콩국수
  3. English todaykongguksu

Borrowed from Korean 콩국수 (kongguksu), from Korean 콩 (kong, “soybean”) + 국수 (guksu, “noodle”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.