Where does “hentai” come from?

hentai (Polish) comes from English hentai, from Japanese 変態, from Japanese 変, from Middle Chinese 變.

hentai (Polish): hentai

Definitions

  1. hentai

Ancestry of “hentai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhentaiA work of anime or manga (or any similar medium) that contains heavily sexual or pornographic art
2Japanese変態metamorphosis, transformation; abnormality;...
3Japanese変a change
4Middle Chinese變—
Every word from Middle Chinese 變 →Every word from Japanese 変 →Every word from Japanese 変態 →