English word origin

Etymology of KTV

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Source etymology 1

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noun

Karaoke television, a form of interactive musical entertainment. · Karaoke box, a karaoke entertainment establishment.

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From Chinese KTV. Late 1980s Taiwanese Pseudo-English initialism from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke) + English TV. Modelled after the earlier MTV "movie TV", which in turn repurposed the initialism from the earlier meaning "music TV", copied from the American cable TV network of that name. This term is chiefly used in mainland China, Taiwan and Cambodia and Chinese speakers globally.

Relationships mentioned by the source

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Borrowed-form mentionKTVzh
Compound componentカラオケja
Compound componentTVen

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Source etymology 2

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name

Kondatam Television (a popular Tamil TV channel)

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

From Kondatam TV.

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