Where does “Godzilla” come from?

Godzilla (English) comes from Japanese ゴジラ, from Japanese ゴリラ, from English gorilla, from Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι — a tribe of hairy women; Gorillai {{gloss|a tribe...

Godzilla (English): Anything that is an extremely large or dramatic...

Definitions

  1. Anything that is an extremely large or dramatic...

Ancestry of “Godzilla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseゴジラGodzilla
2Japaneseゴリラa gorilla
3EnglishgorillaThe largest of the apes, native to the forests of...
4Ancient GreekΓόριλλαιa tribe of hairy women; Gorillai {{gloss|a tribe...

Words derived from “Godzilla”

Every word from Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι →Every word from English gorilla →Every word from Japanese ゴリラ →