Where does “Pokémon” come from?

Pokémon (English) comes from Japanese ポケモン, from English pocket monster, from Japanese ポケットモンスター, from English [[pocket]] + [[monster]].

Pokémon (English): a fictional creature from the universe of this...

Definitions

  1. a fictional creature from the universe of this...

Ancestry of “Pokémon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseポケモンa Pokémon
2Englishpocket monsterA fictional creature from the universe of the Pokémon franchise
3JapaneseポケットモンスターPokémon
4English[[pocket]] + [[monster]]—

Words derived from “Pokémon”

Every word from English [[pocket]] + [[monster]] →Every word from Japanese ポケットモンスター →Every word from English pocket monster →