The story
- Korean · borrowed from막내 라인
- English todaymaknae line
From Korean 막내 라인 (mangnae rain), composed of 막내 (mangnae, “maknae; youngest person in a group”) and 라인 (rain, “members with a shared characteristic”), ultimately from English line. By surface analysis, maknae + line. Refer to 라인 (rain, “members with a shared characteristic”) for more information.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.