Where does “lolicon” come from?
lolicon (English) comes from Japanese ロリコン, from Japanese ロリータ・コンプレックス, from English Lolita complex, from English complex, from French complexe, from Latin complexus, from Latin complector, from Latin cōn- — resin.
lolicon (English): The sexual attraction to young girls; An...
Definitions
- The sexual attraction to young girls; An...
Ancestry of “lolicon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | ロリコン | lolicon |
| 2 | Japanese | ロリータ・コンプレックス | lolicon |
| 3 | English | Lolita complex | The condition of being sexually attracted to young girls, especially in an older man |
| 4 | English | complex | Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple;... |
| 5 | French | complexe | complex |
| 6 | Latin | complexus | embraced; surrounded; An embrace |
| 7 | Latin | complector | I embrace or hug; I encircle; I include or... |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |