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Where does “ワイシャツ” come from?

ワイシャツ (Japanese) comes from Japanese ホワイトシャツ, from English white shirt.

ワイシャツ (Japanese): a dress shirt; a long-sleeved button-down shirt

Definitions

  1. a dress shirt; a long-sleeved button-down shirt

Ancestry of “ワイシャツ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseホワイトシャツa dress shirt; a long-sleeved button-down shirt
2Englishwhite shirt—

Words derived from “ワイシャツ”

  • 晚霞子
Every word from English white shirt →