English
Korean Wave
Calque of Korean 한류(韓流) (Hallyu, “Korean current”), from Korean + wave.
Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- ‘to weave, braid’
Proto-Germanic *wabōną
Proto-West Germanic *wabōn
Old English wafian ‘to wave’
Middle English waven ‘to shake’
English wave
Today it means
name The rise in popularity of South Korean popular culture in other countries since the 1990s.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Korean Wave