Where does “mature BL” come from?
mature BL (English) comes from English mature, from Middle English mature, from Middle French mature, from Latin mātūrus, from Proto-Celtic matus, from Czech -mat, from Czech automat, from German automat — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
mature BL (English): A subgenre of boys’ love (BL) manga, novels, live-action films, and television dramas that depicts romantic or sexual relationships between adult men. It is characterized by more realistic, psychologically complex, or emotionally mature narratives than those found in yaoi or shotacon genres
Definitions
- A subgenre of boys’ love (BL) manga, novels, live-action films, and television dramas that depicts romantic or sexual relationships between adult men. It is characterized by more realistic, psychologically complex, or emotionally mature narratives than those found in yaoi or shotacon genres
Ancestry of “mature BL”, step by step
mature BL traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mature
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mature | Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical... |
| 2 | Middle English | mature | mature ripe |
| 3 | Middle French | mature | — |
| 4 | Latin | mātūrus | mature, full-grown |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | matus | — |
| 6 | Czech | -mat | — |
| 7 | Czech | automat | automaton; vending machine, automat |
| 8 | German | automat | automaton, machine |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματον | accident, mere chance |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματος | self-willed, unbidden; self-moving,... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | μέμαα | to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | μέμονα | to be minded or inclined; to be eager; to hasten |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | memóne | to think, to be mindful; to remember |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |
via English BL
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | BL | — |
| 2 | Japanese | BL | — |
| 3 | Japanese | ボーイズ ラブ | — |
| 4 | English | Love | radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter L |
| 5 | Middle English | love | love; strong and deep affection |
| 6 | Old English | lufu | love |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *lubu | love |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | lubō | love, affection |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewbʰ- | to desire, covet, want; to admire, praise; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | lēw- | to sound, resound, sing out; to leave |