English
Famicom
Famicom comes from Japanese ファミコン ‘A Nintendo’.
- Japanesemodernファミコン‘A Nintendo’
- Englishearliest quotation 1988Famicom
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Japanesemodernファミコン‘A Nintendo’
- Englishearliest quotation 1988Famicom
Earliest quotation: 1988, Shoji Shiba, Yuusuke Moryiama: “School students as well as middle-aged salaried workers queued…”
Every English word from Japanese ファミコン
Today it means
noun A Family Computer (chiefly those available within Japan).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese ファミコン / Famicom