English
gun kata
Gun kata comes from Japanese 型 ‘style, pattern’.
- Japanesemodern型kata‘style, pattern’
- Englishearliest quotation 2003gun kata
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Japanesemodern型kata‘style, pattern’
- Englishearliest quotation 2003gun kata
Earliest quotation: 2003, Andy Richards, Equilibrium: “The early 21st century. The totalitarian state of Libria…”
The story
Attested from, and possibly coined around 2003 for the film Equilibrium (see quotation below).
Every English word from Japanese 型
Today it means
noun Synonym of gun fu (a style of balletic gunplay in action films)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 型 / gun kata