Etymology

selca

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Today it means: A photographic portrait taken by the subject; a selfie. Full definition →

Korean 셀카 ← English self
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The story

  1. English · derived fromself
  2. Korean · borrowed from셀카
  3. English todayselca

Borrowed from Korean 셀카 (selka), from English self + camera.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.