English
majokko
Majokko comes from Japanese 魔女っ子.
- Japanesemodern魔女っ子majokko
- Englishearliest quotation 1999majokko
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Japanesemodern魔女っ子majokko
- Englishearliest quotation 1999majokko
Earliest quotation: 1999, Animeg3282, The magical girl thread: “The viewer is normally treated to the transformation from…”
A compound of 魔女 ‘witch’ + っ子 ‘person having a certain quality’
The story
This term is sometimes also glossed in English as “little witch”, the word 子 (ko) meaning “child” or “small”.
Every English word from Japanese 魔女っ子
Today it means
noun A magical girl.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 魔女っ子 / majokko