Etymograph

English

shota

Shota comes from Japanese ショタ ‘a cute prepubescent young boy’, and goes back to ショタコン ‘shotacon’.

  1. Japanesemodernショタコン‘shotacon’
  2. Japanese, derivedmodernショタshota‘a cute prepubescent young boy’
  3. Englishtodayshota

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Japanesemodernショタコン‘shotacon’
  2. Japanese, derivedmodernショタshota‘a cute prepubescent young boy’
  3. Englishtodayshota

Today it means

noun Hentai anime or manga, or other Japanese-inspired erotic art featuring young, usually prepubescent boys.

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

Etymograph / Japanese ショタコン / shota