Where does “otaku” come from?

otaku (Spanish) comes from Japanese オタク, from Japanese お宅, from Japanese 御, from Middle Chinese 御.

otaku (Spanish): otaku, weeb a person with an interest in things such as anime or manga

Definitions

  1. otaku, weeb a person with an interest in things such as anime or manga

Ancestry of “otaku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseオタクgeek, nerd; one who is obsessed with something to...
2Japaneseお宅your home; you; geek
3Japanese"indicates that the is honorific"; often used to...
4Middle Chinese
Every word from Middle Chinese Every word from Japanese Every word from Japanese お宅