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First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean곧 (Yale: kwot). Perhaps from the same root as 골 (gol, “village”), as well as 거리 (geori, “street”). Possibly cognate with the Manchuᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ(gurun, “country”).
In South Korea, there is an ongoing government-pushed movement to phase out established Sino-Korean words like 출구 (出口, chulgu, “exit”) or 환승 (換乘, hwanseung, “transfer”) in public signage with collocations using 곳(got) such as 나가는 곳(naganeun got, literally “leaving place”) or 갈아타는 곳(garataneun got, literally “vehicle-switching place”), motivated by a nationalist ideology of linguistic purism. However, this has not caught on very much.
Lee, Ju Haeng (이주행) with Lee Kyu Hang (이규항), Kim Sang Jun (김상준) (2004) “곳 [got]”, in 한국어 발음사전 [han'gugeo bareumsajeon, Korean Pronouncing Dictionary], Seoul: Jigu Publishing, →ISBN, page 85
Seo Jeong-beom (서정범) (2000) “곳 [got]”, in 國語語源辭典, Seoul: Bogosa Books, page 71
