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Where does “ロリータコンプレックス” come from?

ロリータコンプレックス (Japanese) comes from English Lolita, 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.

ロリータコンプレックス (Japanese): Alternative spelling of ロリータ・コンプレックス

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of ロリータ・コンプレックス

Ancestry of “ロリータコンプレックス”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLolitaA situation resembling the plot of the novel...
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 “ロリータコンプレックス”

  • lolicore
  • lolicon
  • 蘿莉
  • ロリコン
  • ロリ
  • โลลิ
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