Where does “ポケモン” come from?

ポケモン (Japanese) comes from English pocket monster, from Japanese ポケットモンスター, from English [[pocket]] + [[monster]].

ポケモン (Japanese): a Pokémon

Definitions

  1. a Pokémon

Ancestry of “ポケモン”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpocket monsterA fictional creature from the universe of the Pokémon franchise
2JapaneseポケットモンスターPokémon
3English[[pocket]] + [[monster]]—

Words derived from “ポケモン”

Every word from English [[pocket]] + [[monster]] →Every word from Japanese ポケットモンスター →Every word from English pocket monster →