English word origin

Etymology of mino

Borrowed from Japanese 蓑 (mino).

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

noun

A traditional Japanese raincoat made from straw.

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

Borrowed from Japanese 蓑 (mino).

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Borrowed-form mention蓑ja

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Source etymology 2

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noun

Archaic form of myna (“type of bird”).

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

Presumably originally a hypercorrection of myna under the assumption that it had been subjected to the reduction of unstressed final /əʊ///oʊ/ common in nonstandard English varieties (compare fella, winda; in thorough and (-)borough such reduction is standard as these words are often unstressed).

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