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Where does “グロテスク” come from?

グロテスク (Japanese) comes from French grotesque, from Middle French grotesque, from Italian grottesco, from Italian -esco, from Vulgar Latin -iscus, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō — to turn.

グロテスク (Japanese): grotesque; someone or something grotesque; the...

Definitions

  1. grotesque; someone or something grotesque; the...

Ancestry of “グロテスク”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgrotesquefarcical; grotesque; grotesqueness
2Middle Frenchgrotesquefarcical; small cave; ornament
3Italiangrottescogrotesque
4Italian-escoForms adjectives that indicate relationship,...
5Vulgar Latin-iscus-ish
6Latin-ensisOf or from
7Latinarvumfield; farm land
8Latincolō—
9Latinquelō—
10Proto-Italickʷelō—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
12Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “グロテスク”

  • guro
  • グロ
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