Etymograph

English

KTV

KTV comes from Chinese KTV.

  1. ChinesemodernKTV
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2004same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. ChinesemodernKTV
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2004same form

Earliest quotation: 2004, Avron Boretz, Anru Lee: “Most KTV clubs in Taiwan have since followed a…”

The story

Modelled after the earlier MTV "movie TV", which in turn repurposed the initialism from the earlier meaning "music TV", copied from the American cable TV network of that name. This term is chiefly used in mainland China, Taiwan and Cambodia and Chinese speakers globally.

Every English word from Chinese KTV

Today it means

noun Karaoke television, a form of interactive musical entertainment.

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Etymograph / Chinese KTV / KTV

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