English
Sega
Sega comes from Japanese セガ.
- JapanesemodernセガSega
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Sega
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- JapanesemodernセガSega
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Sega
Earliest quotation: 2007, S. Westwood: “I would lay in bed for a few hours…”
The story
Borrowed from Japanese セガ (Sega), an abbreviation of service games, because the company's earliest products were aimed at American servicemen on military bases.
Every English word from Japanese セガ
Today it means
noun Any of various video game consoles manufactured by Sega, a Japanese video game developer and publisher and manufacturer of arcade games and formerly of video game consoles.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese セガ / Sega