Etymograph

English

Pecha Kucha

Pecha Kucha comes from Japanese ぺちゃくちゃ ‘continuously and in a lively fashion 􂀿of…’.

  1. Japanesemodernぺちゃくちゃpechakucha‘continuously and in a lively fashion 􂀿of speech􂁀’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2010Pecha Kucha

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Japanesemodernぺちゃくちゃpechakucha‘continuously and in a lively fashion 􂀿of speech􂁀’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2010Pecha Kucha

Earliest quotation: 2010, Dave Gray, Sunni Brown: “Pecha Kucha is based on a simple idea: that…”

The story

Coined by British architect and author Mark Dytham and Astrid Klein in 2003 from onomatopoeic Japanese ぺちゃくちゃ (pechakucha, “continuously and in a lively fashion [of speech]”, adverb).

Every English word from Japanese ぺちゃくちゃ

Today it means

noun A rigid presentation format in which the speaker has exactly 20 slides to speak about, with exactly 20 seconds allocated for each slide (20×20).

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

Etymograph / Japanese ぺちゃくちゃ / Pecha Kucha

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