English
judo
Judo comes from Japanese 柔道.
- Japanesemodern柔道
- Englishearliest quotation 2021judo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Japanesemodern柔道
- Englishearliest quotation 2021judo
Earliest quotation: 2021, 'Goddess of weightlifting' Kuo carries Taiwan's Olympic hope: “A member of Taiwan's indigenous Amis tribe, Kuo showed…”
The story
Borrowed from Japanese 柔(じゅう)道(どう) (jūdō, literally “the soft way”).
Every English word from Japanese 柔道
Today it means
noun A Japanese martial art and sport adapted from jujitsu.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 柔道 / judo