English
anisong
Anisong comes from Japanese アニソン ‘anime song’.
- Japanesemodernアニソンanison‘anime song’
- Englishearliest quotation 2016anisong
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Japanesemodernアニソンanison‘anime song’
- Englishearliest quotation 2016anisong
Earliest quotation: 2016, Tai Wei Lim, Merlion And Mt. Fuji: 50 Years Of Singapore-Japan Relations: “Moving on, most, if not all, Japanese animations come…”
A compound of アニメ ‘anime, Japanese animation’ + ソング
Latin animatiō ‘the act of animating or giving life to, animation’
English animation
Japanese アニメーション ‘animation, a cartoon’
Japanese アニメ ‘anime, Japanese animation’
Every English word from Japanese アニソン
Today it means
noun An anime song; anime music.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese アニソン / anisong