English
Kondo
Kondo comes from Japanese 近藤.
- Japanesemodern近藤Kondō
- Englishearliest quotation 2015Kondo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Japanesemodern近藤Kondō
- Englishearliest quotation 2015Kondo
Earliest quotation: 2015, Jennifer Maloney, Marie Kondo and the Cult of Tidying Up: “Waiting for kettle to boil … So I Kondoed…”
Every English word from Japanese 近藤
Today it means
verb To tidy up using the methods advocated by Marie Kondo, especially keeping only those things that tokimeku (spark joy).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 近藤 / Kondo