Where does “Pac-Man” come from?

Pac-Man (English) comes from Japanese パックマン, from Japanese マン, from English -man, from Middle English -man.

Pac-Man (English): Anything that consumes indiscriminately

Definitions

  1. Anything that consumes indiscriminately

Ancestry of “Pac-Man”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseパックマン—
2Japaneseマンman
3English-manSomeone who is an expert in an area or who takes...
4Middle English-man—
Every word from Middle English -man →Every word from English -man →Every word from Japanese マン →