English
hagwon
Hagwon comes from Korean 학원(學院).
- Koreanmodern학원(學院)學院
- Englishearliest quotation 2007hagwon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Koreanmodern학원(學院)學院
- Englishearliest quotation 2007hagwon
Earliest quotation: 2007, Fred A. Bernstein, A House to Grow Into: “Geneho, whose bedroom faces the street, is attending a…”
Every English word from Korean 학원(學院)
Today it means
noun A profit-making private school, common in South Korea.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Korean 학원(學院) / hagwon