köken: Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bene venūtus, presumably a calque of a Frankish term, derived from Proto-Germanic *wiljakwemô (“a welcome guest or arrival”), from which many modern Germanic forms descend, such as English welcome. By surface analysis, ben (“well”, apocopic form of bene) + venuto (“come”, past participle of venire)
köken: /omedetaku/ → /omedetau/ → /omedetɔː/ → /omedetoː/ Originally a compound of 御 (o-, honorific prefix) + 愛でたく (medetaku, “admirably, auspiciously”), from adjective 愛でたい (medetai, “admirable, auspicious”). Modern Japanese -i adjectives formerly ended in -ki for the attributive form. This medial /k/ dropped out during the Muromachi period, both for the attributive form (-ki becoming -i) and for the…
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köken: Sino-Korean word from 人事 (“human affairs”). The "greeting" sense, invented in Korea, is attested since 1459 as Middle Korean ᅀᅵᆫᄉᆞ〮 (Yale: zìnsó).