Etymograph

English

Japanime

Blend of Japan (“the country”) + anime (“an animated work”).

A blend of Japan ‘the country’ + anime ‘an animated work’

Hokkien 日本

Malay Jepang ‘Japanese’

Dutch Japan

English Japan

Latin animāre

Latin animatiō ‘the act of animating or giving life to,…’

English animation

Japanese アニメーション ‘animation, a cartoon’

Japanese アニメ ‘anime, Japanese animation’

English anime

Today it means

noun Synonym of anime; Japanese animated cartoons.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Japanime