Where does “Bokeh” come from?

Bokeh (German) comes from Japanese 暈け, from Japanese 暈ける, from Japanese ほける.

Bokeh (German): bokeh

Definitions

  1. bokeh

Ancestry of “Bokeh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese暈けbokeh
2Japanese暈けるto fade; to blur, to be out of focus
3Japaneseほける—
Every word from Japanese ほける →Every word from Japanese 暈ける →Every word from Japanese 暈け →