English
Samsung
Samsung comes from Korean ^삼성(三星).
- Koreanmodern^삼성(三星)三星
- Englishearliest quotation 1989Samsung
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Koreanmodern^삼성(三星)三星
- Englishearliest quotation 1989Samsung
Earliest quotation: 1989, Nace, Ted: “The advantage of the Hercules card over the EGA…”
The story
Borrowed from Korean 삼성(三星) (Samseong), literally tristar or three stars, combined to represent powerful eternity.
Every English word from Korean ^삼성(三星)
Today it means
name A South Korean conglomerate company which manufactures electronics and ships.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Korean ^삼성(三星) / Samsung