English
gosu
Gosu comes from Korean 고수(高手).
- Koreanmodern고수(高手)高手
- Englishearliest quotation 2000gosu
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Koreanmodern고수(高手)高手
- Englishearliest quotation 2000gosu
Earliest quotation: 2000, Yasser Jadidi, Win money with SC, someone does: “of course it is possible to become that good,…”
The story
Borrowed from Korean 고수(高手) (gosu), literally "high hand". In English, the term is often used as an adjective in contrast to the original use as a noun.
Every English word from Korean 고수(高手)
Today it means
noun A person of great skill; master; expert.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Korean 고수(高手) / gosu