Where does “guro” come from?
guro (English) comes from Japanese グロ, from Japanese グロテスク, from French grotesque, from Middle French grotesque, from Italian grottesco, from Italian -esco, from Vulgar Latin -iscus, from Latin -ensis — to turn.
guro (English): A subgenre of manga and anime focusing on gore...
Definitions
- A subgenre of manga and anime focusing on gore...
Ancestry of “guro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | グロ | graphic; gory; viscerally repulsive; being gory... |
| 2 | Japanese | グロテスク | grotesque; someone or something grotesque; the... |
| 3 | French | grotesque | farcical; grotesque; grotesqueness |
| 4 | Middle French | grotesque | farcical; small cave; ornament |
| 5 | Italian | grottesco | grotesque |
| 6 | Italian | -esco | Forms adjectives that indicate relationship,... |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | -iscus | -ish |
| 8 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 9 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 10 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 11 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |