Where does “オトメン” come from?

オトメン (Japanese) comes from Japanese 乙女, from Old Japanese おとめ.

オトメン (Japanese): a man with the sensitive feelings of a girl

Definitions

  1. a man with the sensitive feelings of a girl

Ancestry of “オトメン”, step by step

オトメン traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 乙女

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese乙女daughter; virgin, maiden; little girl, young lady
2Old Japaneseおとめ—

via Japanese メンズ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseメンズmen's, for men
2Englishmen'sbelonging to some or all male humans
Every word from Old Japanese おとめ →Every word from Japanese 乙女 →