Etymograph

English

hibakusha

Hibakusha comes from Japanese 被爆者.

  1. Japanesemodern被爆者hibakushaliterally ‘bomb-affected person’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2021hibakusha

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Japanesemodern被爆者hibakushaliterally ‘bomb-affected person’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2021hibakusha

Earliest quotation: 2021, Mari Yamaguchi, Hiroshima marks 76th anniversary of US atomic bombing: “The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons took…”

The story

Attested in the mid-20th century, borrowed from Japanese 被爆者 (hibakusha, literally “bomb-affected person”).

Every English word from Japanese 被爆者

Today it means

noun A survivor of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Japanese 被爆者 / hibakusha

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