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English word origin

Etymology of manga

Etymology tree Japanese 漫 Japanese 画 Japanese 漫画 (manga)bor. English manga Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”). Compare Mandarin 漫

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

A comic originating in Japan. · An artistic style heavily used in, and associated with, Japanese comics, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of comics from other countries. · Any comic in such a style, regardless of the country of origin.

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

Etymology tree Japanese 漫 Japanese 画 Japanese 漫画 (manga)bor. English manga Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”). Compare Mandarin 漫畫/漫画 (mànhuà), Korean 만화 (漫畵/漫畫, manhwa). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai. Doublet of manhua and manhwa.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

A covering for a crucifix.

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

From Spanish manga (“sleeve”). Doublet of manche.

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Source etymology 4

Original entry ↗
noun

A mangalitsa pig.

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

Short for mangalitsa.

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