English
fuku
Fuku comes from Japanese 服 ‘clothes’.
- Japanesemodern服fuku‘clothes’
- Englishearliest quotation 1997fuku
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Japanesemodern服fuku‘clothes’
- Englishearliest quotation 1997fuku
Earliest quotation: 1997, Crimson Jacket, Sailor Starlights: “I think that since the Sailor Senshi of the…”
Every English word from Japanese 服
Today it means
noun A Japanese-style school uniform, especially a sailor fuku.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 服 / fuku