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Etymology is the history of the origin of words and phrases.

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Where did Korean get its reading of 秒?

The Korean reading for "second" (of which there are 60 in a minute) is 초. Is this a native word unrelated to 秒, or is it somehow a reading of 秒? The expected reading would be 묘 and I don't know of a …
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