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Where does “ロリ” come from?

ロリ (Japanese) comes from Japanese ロリータ, from English lolita, from Spanish Lolita, from Spanish -ita, from Spanish -ito, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

ロリ (Japanese): Clipping of ロリータ; Lolita complex, a paraphilia...

Definitions

  1. Clipping of ロリータ; Lolita complex, a paraphilia...

Ancestry of “ロリ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseロリータlolita, a young woman or girl thought of as...
2EnglishlolitaA young girl who is sexually alluring; A follower...
3SpanishLolita—
4Spanish-itaSubstituted for "a" at the end of feminine words...
5Spanish-itoForms diminutives of nouns; Forms names of...
6Latin-ittusdiminutive suffix, used to create nouns
7Proto-Italic-tosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
8Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “ロリ”

  • 蘿莉
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