English
Poképhiliac
Poképhiliac comes from Japanese ポケモン, and goes back to ポケットモンスター ‘Pokémon’.
- Japanesemodernポケットモンスター‘Pokémon’
- Japanese, derivedmodernポケモンPokemon
- English1500–presentPokémon
- Englishearliest quotation 1999Poképhiliac
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Japanesemodernポケットモンスター‘Pokémon’
- Japanese, derivedmodernポケモンPokemon
- English1500–presentPokémon
- Englishearliest quotation 1999Poképhiliac
Earliest quotation: 1999, Joe Bessey, Misty & Brock: “Misty wants Ash, so she uses her bike as…”
A compound of ポケット ‘pocket’ + モンスター
Proto-Germanic *puhô ‘bag’
Frankish *pokō
Old French poche
Anglo-Norman poket
Middle English pocket
English pocket
Japanese ポケット ‘pocket’
Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think, mind’
Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti ‘to cause to think, make think’
Proto-Italic *man-eje-
Proto-Italic *moneō ‘to remind, warn’
Proto-Italic *monestrom
Latin mōnstrum ‘a divine omen indicating misfortune, an evil omen, portent’
Old French monstre ‘monster’
Middle English monstre ‘a monster or beast’
English monster
Japanese モンスター
Every English word from Japanese ポケットモンスター
Today it means
noun Synonym of Poképhile.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese ポケットモンスター / Poképhiliac