Where does “ahoge” come from?

ahoge (English) comes from Japanese アホ毛, from Japanese 毛, from Middle Chinese 毛.

ahoge (English): An exaggerated cowlick lock of hair. It adds cuteness to a character and is usually indicative of character traits like airheadedness

Definitions

  1. An exaggerated cowlick lock of hair. It adds cuteness to a character and is usually indicative of character traits like airheadedness

Ancestry of “ahoge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseアホ毛ahoge
2Japanese毛hair, fur; a kind of unit
3Middle Chinese毛—
Every word from Middle Chinese 毛 →Every word from Japanese 毛 →Every word from Japanese アホ毛 →