Where does “kaiju” come from?

kaiju (English) comes from Japanese 怪獣, from Japanese 怪, from Middle Chinese 怪 — strange, fantastic.

kaiju (English): A giant monster, particularly of the kind found...

Definitions

  1. A giant monster, particularly of the kind found...

Ancestry of “kaiju”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese怪獣monster
2Japanese怪strangeness
3Middle Chinese怪strange, fantastic
Every word from Middle Chinese 怪 →Every word from Japanese 怪 →Every word from Japanese 怪獣 →