English
fukusa
Fukusa comes from Japanese 袱紗 ‘fukusa: piece of decorated silk used to cover…’.
- Japanesemodern袱紗‘fukusa: piece of decorated silk used to cover gifts’
- Englishearliest quotation 1890fukusa
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Japanesemodern袱紗‘fukusa: piece of decorated silk used to cover gifts’
- Englishearliest quotation 1890fukusa
Earliest quotation: 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray: “he sought to accumulate the most exquisite specimens that…”
Every English word from Japanese 袱紗
Today it means
noun A piece of decorated silk used to cover gifts in the Japanese tradition.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 袱紗 / fukusa