Where does “ロリータ” come from?
ロリータ (Japanese) comes 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.
ロリータ (Japanese): lolita, a young woman or girl thought of as...
Definitions
- lolita, a young woman or girl thought of as...
Ancestry of “ロリータ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | lolita | A young girl who is sexually alluring; A follower... |
| 2 | Spanish | Lolita | — |
| 3 | Spanish | -ita | Substituted for "a" at the end of feminine words... |
| 4 | Spanish | -ito | Forms diminutives of nouns; Forms names of... |
| 5 | Latin | -ittus | diminutive suffix, used to create nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |