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English word origin

Etymology of BL

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
adj

Initialism of breechloading.

name

Initialism of British Leyland.

noun

Initialism of breechloader. · Initialism of boylover. · Initialism of boylove. · Initialism of Burkitt's lymphoma.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

Initialism of boys' love (“yaoi media”).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Japanese BL(ビーエル) (bīeru), from ボーイズラブ (bōizu rabu), from English boys + love.

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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Word-formation componentboysen
  • Word-formation componentloveen
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