English
Pac-Man
Pac-Man comes from English man.
- English1500–presentman
- Englishearliest quotation 1992Pac-Man
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentman
- Englishearliest quotation 1992Pac-Man
Earliest quotation: 1992, Kenneth Janda, Jeffrey M Berry: “Medicaid is becoming the Pac-Man of state government, eating…”
The story
The original Japanese title of Puck Man (パックマン) was derived from パクパク (pakupaku, “gobble gobble”) (onomatopoeic) and マン (man), from English man; the title was changed for the North American release to mitigate vandalism (Puck → fuck).
Every English word from English man
Today it means
noun Anything that consumes indiscriminately.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English man / Pac-Man